God Loves to Work Through Our Prayers // The St. Joseph Novena

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The next novena we’ll pray together is through the intercession of a powerful patron saint. 

Saint John Paul II called him the Guardian of the Redeemer. He’s also known as the Protector of the Church, the Terror of Demons, Hope of the Sick and Comfort of the Sorrowing. He has many titles and patronages!

It’s St. Joseph :)

We’ll start praying the St. Joseph, Husband of Mary Novena together on Friday, March 10th.

We’re looking forward to praying with you! Because prayer is powerful and it does something — it changes things — even when we don’t feel it or see its effects, and God loves to work through our prayers. Here’s a short reflection from our Lenten Retreat about that:

About St. Joseph:

St. Joseph humbly accepted his role as guardian, husband and father in the Holy Family. That’s why St. Joseph’s intercession has been sought for centuries. St. Joseph was clearly very close to our Lord and his prayers are powerful!

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  1. Through the intercession of Saint Joseph, let’s pray for broken marriage, marriages at the verge of breaking and marriages undergoing crises. May God reunite broken ones, re-enkindle His fire of love, peace and unity on marriages at the verge of breaking up and send divine consolation on marriages undergoing crises.

  2. Praying for God’s divine healing in my life and family.
    Praying for financial favour for my husband and I
    Praying for God’s protection, wisdom and understanding for my daughter chizara.
    Praying for safe delivery
    Praying for God’s blessings for every member of my family.

  3. Dear John Paul & Annie, Please pray for my second daughter Andria to pass the NDEB third exam which she attended on 1st and 2nd of February. Thank you. Thanks to the Lord.

  4. Praying for my grown daughter’s marriage, her eating disorder, her addictions, her mental illness and the loss of her stillborn baby which has pushed her over the edge. She needs a miracle.

  5. Dear Lord
    Please help my husband to have humility and reach out to you and accept your love. Please help me with my forgiveness and help us to move forward in our marriage. Please bless each member of my family with good health and happiness. Prayers for my daughter, husband and son to have another healthy and happy baby, my middle son to be happy with his fiance and include the church in the wedding plans and my youngest son to be happy and healthy with his girlfriend and do well in school. Please help this world see you Jesus and include you in their lives.

  6. That God will touch my husband to turn to him that he should forgive us our sins, Amen.
    That God will grant me success in all my Msc exams in Jesus name AMEN.

  7. I oray for my daughter Avery to find a nice godly boyfriend that will return her affection. She is very shy, lacks confidence and get’s overlooked by others. Please help her find nice boy that will see appreciate her and accept her for the way she is, she really wants a boy to like her back. Please help me be more patient with her as teenager, she is overshadowed by her older sister who is naturally more popular and outgoing.

  8. O dear St. Joseph, kindly pray for the family of Mr. John and Jane that it may be restored and may life begin again.
    May their children too be blessed in their lives.

  9. My brother is losing his eyesight from Retinitis Pigmentosa…
    Please stop those with evil intent towards the USA…
    Change the hearts of those who promote Abortion…

  10. I am still struggling with my Faith and porn issues. Please pray for my Faith and my deliverance from pornography. I am praying for my oldest son and his behavioral issues. May the therapy that we are getting for him help him with this. I am continuing to pray for our finances. Help us to May wise financial decisions. I pray for this next project that we have going on for our business. I pray for the project to go well and that we do an excellent job.

  11. Praying for my wife and I to be able to conceive a second child, as we have been unsuccessful for many years.

  12. Praying for my children’s mental health especially my eldest son, please pray for him to learn to be grateful. Amen

  13. I pray for God’s protection upon my family.

    Thanksgiving to God for my husband. For total healing and blessings

    Thanksgiving to God for my daughter, Rukky. Her work permit and job .

    For God to give me the blue print for my Social enterprise.

    Thank you Lord for answered prayers.

  14. Dearest St Joseph I lift up to you my son Jason who suffers from an addiction and M,S. Help him to achieve sobriety and be healthy.
    Help my grandson Jesse to discover a career path he would like to folllow and may my son Nathan and hia wife Lyndz find an affordable home. Touch the hearts of my children that they begin to put God back in to their lives.

  15. Please pray that God leads me to the spouse He has for me and that the 2 of us recognize the gift of each other to the other. Thank you God – I can’t wait to meet him! Amen!

  16. Divorced and have grown children who need healing in lots of areas. His choice father in out of lives and then out . Mental healing and inherited problems. Healing for us in ways I don’t even know about but God does. Miracles now and financial help and wisdom. St. Joseph help needed.

  17. Dear St Joseph, I beg you to please that my son realizes that her relationship with thet woman he is presently with, is poison and she is only with him for his money and not for love. Please find him a good Catholic girl that really loves him and will be forever together and for my daughter to be cured of her MS. I ask yu t bring my children and me closer to God and to be always guided by him. I ask you these in the name of Jesus and our Virgen Mary.

    Amen

  18. My grandson Damani Mills, that he will complete all his missed assignments so that he will graduate from high school this year like he supposed to. My grandson D’Angelo Mills, that he will go to counseling so that he can deal with his anger issues. My daughter Donesha Morgan, that she will get counseling, so that she can deal with her emotional, mental, and physical issues.

    God Bless🙏🏾

  19. Dear St. Joseph, please help our wonderful son with his anxiety. Please ask Jesus and Mary to heal his anxious mind.🙏

    Thank you God.

  20. Humble request oohh Father
    Pray for me a very serious and stable partner to be with and to marry me
    Another thing pray for me to get pregnancy and money
    Amen

  21. Oh Dear St. Joseph, I humbly that you may send two God Fearing, God Loving men for both of my daughter’s!!! Please St. Joseph I fervently pray to You. Unfortunately my daughter’s did not have a great father on earth to show them how a woman should sincerely be treated as it says in the Bible. I own some of this because I should have left long ago rather than listening to him plead to keep our family together only for my ex-husband to wait until our daughter’s were in their 20 something to just abandon us for another woman and another daughter he had with this woman. Please St. Joseph I raised wonderful, strong minded, strong willed, and they have great, beautiful careers, not just job’s. I ask this through your (Step)son, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!!

  22. Oh Dear St. Joseph, I humbly that you may send two God Fearing, God Loving men for both of my daughter’s!!! Please St. Joseph I fervently pray to You. Unfortunately my daughter’s did not have a great father on earth to show them how a woman should sincerely be treated as it says in the Bible. I own some of this because I should have left long ago rather than listening to him plead to keep our family together only for my ex-husband to wait until our daughter’s were in their 20 something to just abandon us for another woman and another daughter he had with this woman. Please St. Joseph I raised wonderful, strong minded, strong willed, and they have great, beautiful careers, not just job’s. I ask this through your (Step)son, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!!

  23. Please prayer for my son who is having mental challenges and has lost interest in education and everything life. And also to stop his wayward ways
    Thanks

  24. Prayers for my family who have financial and medical issues, and especially for my nieces who are traveling this weekend. Keep them safe.

  25. Thank you, St. Joseph for interceding for us.
    Please thank the Almighty, the Creator of the Universe, for His forgiveness and His Divine Love and Care for each of us.
    Please ask Him to help me forgive myself for all my past sins, so that I can more freely follow Him and do His will.
    Bless me, all those I have hurt in my past and lead us all to unity in Christ Jesus to the Glory of the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.

    I join my brothers and sisters in Christ in praying with you, St. Joseph, for the end of evil in the world. For the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Come, Holy Spirit, Come, purify us and the world and renew the face of the earth.

  26. Good Morning All,

    Praying for my Mom’s healing as she is experiencing some medical challenges at this time;

    Praying that you will keep my Family safe and well;

    I pray for both my immediate and extended Family, especially for the sick and those who have financial needs at this time;

    I pray for all persons in need of food and shelter;

    Praying for my marriage life and of all married couples, especially those who are experiencing challenges at this time;

    Praying that I will soon find employment; and

    I praying for all the persons in this groups intentions. AMEN

  27. St.Joseph please intercede with Jesus your Loving Son for the grace for my children to return to the Church. For the grace and wisdom for my son and daughter-in-law to baptise my grandson. Please intercede for a conversion to the Catholic faith for my daughter-in-law. Please intercede for my daughter to be blessed with the right spouse and to help her to settle down in marriage.
    Thank you St. Joseph for your powerful intercession.

  28. My 18 year old daughter has had severe back pain for two years with no diagnosis or cause. She is unable to stand without pain that gets worse the longer she is on her feet. Please pray for complete healing.

  29. St. Joseph please intervene for:
    My son’s promotion to get back his rank
    My daughter’s stepdaughter’s healing from leukemia
    Healing of my daughter from heart failure and to be cancer free
    To find my true soul mate for the ray of my years on earth
    ThankGod for all the blessings !!!

  30. I pray that my daughter Mandy hears back today regarding the job offer and it is what she wants.
    Thank you

  31. Am praying for God’s intervention on my transfer of service that I may land in a place God wanted me to offer my services.

  32. I need deliverance and healing from lust and lustful thinking. Which all started when someone sent me a video on whatapp where someone was being abused sexualy. It is horrible. I pray that God protects innocent people/children from the evil of this world.

  33. Most gracious St. JOSEPH, pray for me that I may forgive from my heart. 70×7 I forgive, but hard to forget. It’s hard when the same person keeps hurting you.

  34. Not to loose my job
    to have a healthy and happy family
    praying for all my sisters to have a stable marriage
    financial stability
    to have a forgiving heart and inner peace

  35. St. Joseph I pray to you to help me become a better father to my 3 daughters, they have given me 3 grandsons with another grandson on the way, they are my beautiful daughters that I love dearly, help me be the father that I’m supposed to be for them, Amen.

  36. ♥️dads Salvation ,
    ♥️dad and brothers grief in heart
    ♥️ Denise ( Nathans mum) peace in heart ♥️
    ♥️my siblings to get Engadged in Gods perfect will and time
    ♥️for me to get a job in childcare ,
    Nathan to get a job in teaching school children, and Engadged
    To my Boyfriend Nathan in Gods perfect will and Time

  37. Praying for my son Ad and his partner Sims to return to the catholic faith.
    Asking St Joseph to give me strength and a positive outcome for the sale of my house.

  38. Salvation for my brother who passed away 2 months ago. He was always seeking God outside of the the Catholic Church where we were brought up. My prayer and that of my other 8 siblings is that he ran to Jesus as soon as he saw Him! I’m praying that our Merciful God knows his heart and has taken him to Heaven with Himself 🙏🛐✝️
    Also for his wife and son and their salvation 🛐✝️🙏

  39. Father, I thank You for John and all our Blessings, and I pray You will grant the petitions of everyone on this website who is hurting. Please Father, send a man as fast as you can to my daughter, Erin, to love and cherish her as her husband, and all here seeking a spouse.
    St. Joseph, please pray for Erin and others here.
    St. Jude, please pray for Erin and others here.
    Mother Mary, please pray for us all.
    In Jesus’ Holy Name,
    Amen.

  40. Perfection protection and restoration of my family thru the truth. Bond to be restored between my children and their respect and trust in me to be restored. Discernment. Also to find a good husband.

  41. Please Dear God, I lift up my family and extended family to You. I ask for the gift of piety so that those around me can benefit from being filled with more of the Holy Spirit to overflowing so that they will be drawn to Your Son Jesus , through the intercession of Blessed Mother Mary and St. Joseph. Hear our many prayers for salvation and devotion to our loved ones. Expand our realm of ministry through the power of the Holy Spirit. All in the name of Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God.

  42. St Joseph – please pray for Joshua to find an exemplary Catholic wife, graceful and one who brings this family closer to Jesus.
    Amen

  43. St. Joseph,

    Please pray for J’s complete recovery from CAR-T cell therapy.

    Also, pray for a peaceful death for DW, as well as peace for his family.

  44. St.Joseph, I pray for courage, love and understanding. Bless my family and I and give us guidance, love and peace in all our doings. I also pray for blessings on all families struggling in one way or another that their minds will be open to seek God and his guidance by praying and remain in faith. I give thanks for all my blessings received this day, amen.

  45. Fausto- healing of lung cancer and pneumatosis
    Conner , Trish -cancer healing
    Return of family to church
    Healing of addictions

  46. For good health for my husband, and restore his fortune again. And for the success of my PhD and for a male child

  47. For Bryan and Dia to conceive and have a baby.
    For Kiersten Cecilia Gaerlan Wascher to find a successful, athletic, handsome, devout, holy, and practicing Roman Catholic husband who will be devoted to her and vice versa and raise holy Roman Catholic children.
    For Christian John Gaerlan Wascher to find a holy, practicing, devout, Roman Catholic wife who will be devoted to him and vice versa to raise many Roman Catholic children in the faith and grow in their faith.
    For the end to abortion,Euthanasia, and human trafficking,. That the Hope clinic abortion facility will promptly and permanently close in Granite City, IL.

  48. Prayer for my husband Kennedy Munganga to be a responsible head of the family in all aspects

  49. I pray for my daughter and her husband to stay together, heal together and take care of their three children ,my grand children together. Let their guardian angel protect them all.. Also if its God’s will lead me to my soul mate and continue to bless me and my siblings and my daughter and her family In Jesus Name I pray AMEN🙏

  50. 1. Lord I thank You for the assurance of Your Words that prompted Catholic Charamastc Renewal in my Parish, to help me to completely remove the hanging broken BOB and fixed the damaged water taps.
    2. I beg for the complete of the following renovation jobs by Lekki Gardens; a. Painting. b. Fixing of the broken kitchen working cupboard. C. Fixing of electrical connections. D. Total clean up.
    Thank You Lord, I am believing You as a Great Restorer of lost things according to Your riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Amen

  51. St Joseph please pray for my parents, sisters and my brother. Bless them with wisdom and always guide them to the right paths.
    Amen.

  52. For my Joseph, emotionally abused and faith is missing. Recently married and now expecting a son. For their family to have strong faith.

    For my son Tom, to regain his strong faith.

    For John having serious PTSD symptoms.

    For all drawing closer to God this Lent.

    For a family close to splitting up.

  53. That I find the money needed to climb out of debt and my daughter finds peace and releases all her anger

  54. St Joseph please pray for my son Richard who is going through a trying time in his marriage both financially and an uncaring wife. The situation is really very toxic at the moment and I fear they are at breaking point. St Joseph please pray for them 🙏

  55. Hello fellow brothers and sisters in the LORD
    Please pray for our daughter Shirley afflicted by debilitating medical and psychological conditions.
    That Our Trinitarian GOD in HIS inexhaustible mercy may look upon her with mercy and heal her in accordance with His Holy Will.
    Warm regards
    mpho

  56. Praying for my husband for God to grant him all his heart desires.
    For financial breakthrough
    For good health
    For protection

  57. Please join me in prayer for my dad who’s an alcoholic and snuff addict that God would use this medium to bring him back to us, his family and he’d start taking his duties more seriously. I also want to pray for my boyfriend that God would help him with his work and studies and grant him success in all his endeavors that he’d grow in God’s love and be like St Joseph who was a perfect husband and father. I pray also for all families who are experiencing one abuse or another regardless of who the recipient(s) is that God would help them and find a lasting solution to the problem.

  58. * For the healing of my feet & ankle so that I can finally go to Mass and participate in the Holy Week activities.
    * For fast & complete recovery of Joy; pls send her people who can help with her needs.
    * For Megan & Baby G’s normal and safe delivery; that Baby G will be normal & healthy
    * For Alyssa – that this month will be God’s time for her to conceive; that everything will be OK, she and baby will have a normal and safe delivery and that baby will be born normal and healthy.
    * Thank you. To God be the Glory

  59. St Joseph, through you I pray for a faithful and God loving spouse. Guide me iny search for her.
    I also pray for God’s grace and blessings over my bussiness. May it find a break through any time from now.
    Amen

  60. St Joseph please pray for healing for my son’s broken heart, for emotional healing, please bring his suffering to Our Mother and Our Father in Heaven 🙏❤️🙏

  61. St Joseph, most strong,
    I pray today for my family to grow in holiness. Protect us from all evil and pray for our needs. God knows what they are. Do not let us fall in despair.
    When our time comes, let us die in the arms of Jesus and Mary like you did. I pray for all who are struggling in any way. Help Your people Dear Lord and give us peace and happiness.

  62. I pray for my daughter that God send her a great and faithful Catholic, Catholic educated, and professional man to marry.

  63. Thank you Saint Joseph for always interceding for us. I pray for my children, Cecilia, Geoffrey and Mercy, together with their spouses to intercede for them in their marriage. Saint Joseph, pray for us

  64. Pray for our urgent relocation plan which we have been trying since last year when my husband lost his job. We really need this and we have all needed documents. We are already struggling financially we are praying for a very urgent answer on this before our children are affected. Iam a healthcare assistant and a psychologist trying to get uk job sponsorship. Thank you for praying for us and with us

  65. For my daughter and son-in-law that they may be able to sell their condominium and start a family,
    For my other daughter and son-in-law that they may find an apartment that fits their needs. That my brother get the job that he interviewed for at the local parish.

  66. I pray that God will grant me a good, Catholic man with a big heart as a companion for the rest of my life.

  67. Prayer intention for my son’s father to give him money for his upkeep and support him as he is in the university now. Thank you, God Almighty bless us all.

  68. That our precious daughter, due to deliver a little baby in a few months, and is not yet married, and who is far away from us right now, will discern God’s Holy and Divine will for her and her little baby; that after being away from Holy Mass for just a short time, she would come back to the Faith she has been strong in; and that St.Joseph would guide and direct both she and the baby’s father, in doing God’s Holy will, and following only His perfect plan.
    And that he would also guide and direct our son as well, and lead him back to His Catholic faith.
    That St.Joseph would protect them and watch over them all, wherever they are on this “journey.” Thank you St. Joseph …pray for us !

  69. Please pray for my adult step-daughter who is mentally ill and constantly tormented by voices. Every time she seems to be getting better, she’s worse because se she’s hiding it from us. My husband and I can’t even get away for a day or a weekend because she’s afraid to be alone. Thank you.

  70. Dear St. Joseph, please pray for all the fathers in our families who have special needs and need guidance in being good examples to their children and good husbands.
    Please help TJ who is going through a bad divorce, who is a good father and should have custody of his son. Please help the judge see through what is being presented and do the right thing for the son’s wellbeing. Help his wife to see their son needs a good father like TJ.
    Help us to find the right buyer for our family business.
    Help my family to keep the peace and respect one another as we settle my brother’s estate.
    Return of our children, grandchildren, family members and friends who have left the faith, that they will soon return and the conversion of those who need converting.
    Conversion of all sinners. Protection of our country and all the children.
    Honesty and fairness in our government.
    Healing for those on my prayer list and their spiritual welfare.
    Healing of Audrey’s back and my shoulder. Special help for Valerie and myself for better health.
    Thank you St. Joseph for hearing our prayers. Amen

  71. Dear St. Joseph, please pray for all the fathers in our families who have special needs and need guidance in being good examples to their children and good husbands.
    Please help TJ who is going through a bad divorce, who is a good father and should have custody of his son. Please help the judge see through what is being presented and do the right thing for the son’s wellbeing. Help his wife to see their son needs a good father like TJ.
    Help us to find the right buyer for our family business.
    Help my family to keep the peace and respect one another as we settle my brother’s estate.
    Return of our children, grandchildren, family members and friends who have left the faith, that they will soon return and the conversion of those who need converting.
    Conversion of all sinners. Protection of our country and all the children.
    Honesty and fairness in our government.
    Healing for those on my prayer list and their spiritual welfare.
    Thank you St. Joseph for hearing our prayers. Amen

  72. God Bless my daughter Krystina with wisdom and discernment and to be guided by Our Lord Jesus Christ, to find the right Catholic Husband to live a long, Godly, Fruitful, and Peace filled life with, in Jesus’ name, Amen

  73. In Thanksgiving to God for answered prayers and for our special intentions of all my family members through the intercession of St. Joseph. Amen

  74. Please pray for my daughter Rosie she is going through a very difficult situation and is also struggling with depression and addiction