Power Help Us in Our Urgent Need

O most provident Guardian of the Divine Family, protect the chosen race of Jesus Christ; drive far from us, most loving Father, every pest of error and corrupting sin; from thy place in heaven, most power- ful Deliverer, graciously come to our aid in this con- flict with the powers of darkness; and as of old thou didst deliver the Child Jesus from supreme peril of life, so now defend the holy Church of God from the snares of her enemies and from all adversity; have each of us always in thy keeping that following thine example, and borne up by thy strength we may be able to live hoMly, die happily, and so enter into the everlasting bliss of heaven. Amen, $fo»ttt8 to #t. 3o**P*?» 0rp6tt»t of (Ifttr? Jftost ffoig *T^ros DC, Nov. 28, 1876, granted to all the faithful who, r-l— with contrite heart, devoutly make at any time dur- ing the year the novena to St. Joseph, spouse of Mary most holy, with any formula of prayer, if it be approved by ec- clesiastical authority, an indulgence of 300 days, once a day; plenary indulgence on usual conditions.. Devotions hi Honor of SL Joseph 5$7 EjACtTtATKW St Joseph, model and patron of those who love the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. Indulgence of loo days, once a day. — Leo XIII, Dec* 10,1891. Stager *K*emembeR, O most pure spouse of the Blessed A-\ Virgin Mary, my sweet protector St. Joseph ! that ho one ever had recourse to thy protection or implored thy aid without obtaining relief. Confiding therefore in thy goodness, I come before thee, and humbly supplicate thee. Oh, despise not my petitions, foster-father of the Redeemer, but graciously receive them. Amen