308. Prayer

O blessed Joseph, do we fly in our tribulation, and having zmplored the help oj thy most holy spouse, we confidently crave thy patronage a/so. Through that charity which bound thee to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of Gop, and through the paternal love with which thou didst embrace the Child JEsus, we humbly beseech thee graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Curist hath purchased by his Blood, and with thy power and strength to aid us in our necessities.

O most watchful Guardian of the Divine Family, defend the chosen children of JEsus Cunisr; O most loving Father, ward off from us every con- tagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be propitious tous and from Heaven assist us in this our struggle with the power of darkness; and, as once thou didst rescue the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect Gop's holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity: shield, too, each one of us by thy constant protection, so that, supported by thine example and thine aid, we may be able to live piously, to die holily, and to obtain eternal happiness in Heaven. Amen