I beg of you, by your love for Jesus and Mary, not to abandon me during life and to assist me at the hour of my death. Therefore, I humbly commend myself, with all who are dear to me and all that belong to me, to your intercession. You know that I have confidence in you and that, after Jesus and Mary, I come to you as an example for holiness, for you are especially close with God. Saint Joseph, you are the faithful protector and intercessor of all who love and venerate you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Joseph’s feast day…the day after I finished the novena! Joseph!!! The contract for our new house was signed today on St. Thanks be to God through the intercession of St. Joseph and the Lord for hearing my prayers! Thankfully on the 7th day, he received a job offer and starts his new job and career a week from tomorrow.

I started this novena a month and a half after my husband was released from his job. But of course, you can pray a novena to him anytime. There are actually a few different feast days for Saint Joseph, but March 19th has been most celebrated as his feast day in Western Christianity. Joseph was clearly very close to our Lord and so we come to him with this novena with a sense of humility because of his great humility. Joseph’s intercession has been sought for centuries. He humbly accepted his role as guardian, husband and father in the Holy Family. He is, as John Paul II called him, the Guardian of the Redeemer.

St joseph novena malayalam