Divine Praises

 

 Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints. Amen.

 INCLUSION OF ST JOSEPH IN THE DIVINE PRAISES AT BENEDICTION

In 1911 the act of the First Plenary Council of Quebec (Canada) to include St Joseph, after the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Divine Praises was approved, with the invocation "Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse." 

In 1920 Bishop Grouard asked Pope Benedict XV to extend the Canadian practice to the whole Church. That same year the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry, France, were allowed to add in all their houses throughout the world "Blessed be the Holy Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary." On February 23, 1921, Benedict XV decreed that the invocation "Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse" be added to the Divine Praises throughout the entire Church.

Saint Thomas Aquinas once noted that reciting the Divine Praises can increase the fervor of our devotion to Our Lord, and that thus “we praise God not for His benefit but for ours.” This prayer reminds us of the glories of the Trinity, and of the key role our Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, and the Angels and saints have played in our salvation as well.