The Guardian of the Redeemer, the Protector of the Church, the Comfort of the Sorrowing…

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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 Thursday, March 10th.

We’re looking forward to praying with you! You can share your prayer intentions with us all below in the comments.

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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. – For VI to receive divine Intervention / Healing
    – My Family is planning a trip to Nigeria this April; I am asking Almighty God, through St. Joseph to grant us divine protection and financial assistance.
    – I am asking God through St. Joseph to provide me with more job assignment to enable me to assist my family financially.

    I cover my intentions with the blood of Jesus. Amen

  2. Please pray for Mr. M. who lost his 2 sons to suicide. This father is heartbroken. St. Joseph, pray for this father…

  3. Praying for my son who will be having cancer surgery! Praying that he will find strength in God and may his journey and recovery be blessed with the grace of God! Jesus I trust in you!!!🙏

  4. I offer my health findings to Saint Joseph and pray that he will continue to intercede for me for continued good health and these findings will be nothing. Amen

  5. For autistic teen granddaughter having gender confusion issues.
    Blessings on my daughters marriage, peace and wisdom for their family and increased love for Jesus.

  6. I also pray for families that have lost their dear fathers or Mothers for the Lord to comfort them and give them hope for the future. Amen

  7. For the conversion and spiritual and physical healing of my son Alan’s as a father caring for two teen daughters after a divorce.
    For autistic teen granddaughter confused with gender issues.
    Blessings on my daughters marriage, peace and wisdom for their family and increased love for Jesus.

  8. My son is 28 years old. He is a strong catholic very into his faith. He us having a difficult time meeting someone. I have been praying for him for over 3 years and the prayer has not been answered. Please pray that the special someone comes into his life soon. Thank you.

  9. For my brother and sister in law struggling with fertility that they find meaning in their journey and peace in God’s plan for their family.

  10. I’m praying that in my 5th year of marriage, through the intercession of St Joseph grant and bless us with the fruit of the womb.

  11. Please pray for my 9 yr old son Marty Brogan that he will always remain cancer free and be completely and miraculously cured of cancer and restored to perfect health with no side effects of the treatments or the cancer.

  12. Blessings to you two for all of these wonderful Novenas and your spiritual guidance over the years!
    Will you please pray for my husband, who has his internal struggles. He has a goal for becoming a more active participant in our family and I pray for him to be able to start that journey in a healthy, sustainable way. Will you also please pray for my cousin, Char? She is both mother and father in her family and has suffered several strokes recently. She is not expected to survive.

  13. I would like to pray all who are struggling with life threatening illnesses, mental illness ,peace and protection for my family.

  14. Please pray for my son to get a good job and move into his own place and return to his faith and for my spouse for him to grow in virtue and faith. Also please pray for a friend who has suicidal thoughts. Thank you and God bless.

  15. I pray for a quick sale and relocation to a better neighborhood for my children. Saint JOSEPH please send godly friendships to my children and remove any negative people from thier lives. Amen

  16. For my family to reunited in communication, in person, in love and helpful commitment to each other. May the hurts be healed!

  17. I pray that through St.Joseph the Good Lord will guide me through my discernment on who to have as my future spouse.I pray for all the marrieds and all those who have lost their spouses that the Lord shall see them through.Amen

  18. Dearest St Joseph, thank you so very, very much for your beautiful love and efforts on behalf of your Sacred earthly family, and now for our church, on all levels, and for us, your devoted children , together with our families and loved ones, and all those whom our Beloved Papa God puts into our paths and lives. We humbly seek your support, intercession, and close friendship. We thank you for your amazing example of self gift to God, to Jesus, to Mary, and to all in need.
    We love you, and look forward with faith and hope and true love , to our meeting in the glories of eternal joy.🙏🏻❤️

  19. For physical, emotionally, mental and spiritual healing for My sons Lawrence and Anthony..For my mom Ethel for Joe. For Maria and Gilbert For Ashanti and Bryan For my entire family

  20. Prayers for my son Frankie for him to come back to the church and realize how important it is for him to be the spiritual father he is meant to be. That he receives a Eucharistic heart and wants to guide and share that with his kids. Prayers that he gets the military position that he applied for. Prayers that my addicted daughter-in-law gets the proper help she needs and that she excepts that the kids are in a good place with me. Thanking God that I am able to be here for them and teach them about Jesus.

  21. Please pray for my daughter. Pray that her tests indicate no cancer and that she is able to get pregnant with a healthy baby.

  22. I PRAY FOR MY SISITER VIOLET WHO IS SUFFERING FROM SECONDARY INFERTILITY.
    ST JOSEPH AND HOLY MARY PLEASE PRAY FOR HER TO CONCIEVE THIS YEAR AND CARRY THE BABY TO FULL TERM.

  23. Lord almighty i pray that you open for me doors of prosperity and progress
    Help my spouse Richard Kallibbala to get a Job and give him every strength to visit my parents and ask me to move in with him we start staying together as husband and wife
    God almighty i pray for good health on me and kids and my entire family i also pray for protection upon me and my spouse , my kids kemirembe favor and miguel kallibbala and family and friends that you will assign an angel who will be with us during every hard time that we shall live and shall never lack or go hungry. Amen

  24. St. Joseph watch over my sweet daughter. Protect her and support her. Help her with financial matters and the raising of her son.
    Amen

  25. God the father in heaven, Thank you for the gift of my life and others, we thank you for sending your beloved son our Lord Jesus Christ to die for for us and save us from sins, Thank you Lord Jesus Christ may the power and love of St. Joseph intercede on all spouses and those not married to lead gracious lives, I pray for myself lead me to the right man and make us marry in front of your holy altar and receive the sacrament of holy matrimony, I pray through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen.
    St. Joseph most just, pray for us… pray for my brothers to convert and come back to the Roman Catholic Church, to Dad to travel safely, for mom and my sisters God bless you always and lead you do do his holy will…Amen

  26. For my daughter, Hope and her fiancé, Kyle. For my son and other daughter to find spouses. For all those praying to find a spouse.

  27. I pray that my mother is with Jesus and all the saints in heaven. Protect her and keep her safe. Keep me and my family healthy and safe, free of any illnesses.

  28. I pray that the serious Catholic girlfriends of my two non-Catholic grandson’s are strong in their Catholic faith and not give it up for these amazing young men but bring them into the faith.

  29. Please pray that my son’s cancer is gone and that he has a long, blessed life. Also, that good will triumph the evil that is happening in this world
    today.

  30. Pray for my husband and I going thru a very difficult period now after 52 years of marriage. St Joseph, pray for us.

  31. That my husband can get more sleep, take care of himself, have time for things he enjoys, and have peace about all the household projects and other things he needs to do.

  32. Please pray for D and S who is working on their troubled marriage due to infidelity. The lies, betrayal and manipulation has been very painful. She needs him to he truthful of the past and trustworthy into the future. Pray he seeks St. Joseph for guidance in what a marriage means. Pray he will be truthful with his words, understanding and companionate. Amen

  33. For Paul Michael who was never blessed to be a father, but who’s a great role model for children, I pray for a cure for Parkinson’s

  34. Please pray for my son. My oldest has strayed from the faith. My prayer is that through the intercession of St. Joseph, he would return fully to the Church and its beautiful Sacraments. His heart is restless. I know Anthony will find Peace at last when he rests in Him. Amen.

  35. I implore your GRACE on my grandson, that he would be able to talk. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN!

  36. For all my children, grandchildren, husband to come to know the Love of Jesus for them. For God’s Divine Will for St. Joseph Prayer Center, all who volunteer there, all we minister to. That the Kingdom of the Divine Will reign on earth as in Heaven and in the souls of everyone from the first created to the last created.

  37. Prayers for holy men for my daughters🙏✝️
    Prayers for a friend with metastatic colon cancer🙏✝️
    Prayers for conversion for all my children and husband🙏✝️
    Prayers for an end to the war in Ukraine🙏✝️

  38. For my daughter, St Joseph please send her a man that is a man of God who will love her and her babies as his own.

  39. Dear St. Joseph, please intercede to protect and save Ukrainian people and the rest of the people in the world who want to do good. Please ask your Son to let evil be squashed and let goodness reign in peoples hearts. Please protect my children , children in laws and grandchildren. And please protect all my family my spouse and myself in the hour of our death so that we can join you someday in heaven. Ame.

  40. For my son who is a police officer. For his protection, that he can use his gift that God gave him and hep people. Also That he can find a godly Catholic woman. Not a lot of women want to be with a police officer and I totally understand that but that she loves Jesus and him. And also for my other son that his faith continues to grow and my husband that he grows closer to Jesus and St Joseph. My daughter will come back to the faith also.
    Thank you!!

  41. Heal my son Larry from alcohol addiction and heal his liver,find a house and a good woman. Heal David and all my family and friends in mind, body and spirit. The broken pieces be reassembled by the Spirit. Our hearts be stronger, bolder. Let us be ‘heartened,’ and our eyes filled with purpose. From now on, whatever it takes, let us love and serve the Thank you my Savior as we are not worthy but with your grace and mercy we all will be healed. Mary undo the knots in our lives.
    Amen

  42. For jesh to come home and be sorry. Keep Jesh and Sara safe. Good health for Jason. Good job for Jonathan. A happy marriage for Kevin and Anita. Kevin to get a job and put Anita first. Strength and peace for Kelly and Patrick

  43. Special Intention x 2 for C for husband and children and for work being healed. Intention for M for home and good friends to share experiences. Thanksgiving to Saint Joseph and Holy Family for many kindnesses, thanks to God. All of your intentions as well. TY.

  44. I was just diagnosed with breast cancer at 41 years old. I believe strongly in the power of prayer. Please pray for me that I can fight this and continue to live a long, happy life & continue to spread the word of Jesus to others. Thank you.

  45. I would lace my financial needs into your hands and i pray for financial stability today.
    I pray that i would get victory in my court matter. I pray for renewal of friendships and for saving grace on my life. I pray for protection from my enemies,seen and unseen. I pray for my daughter that she would be successful with her studies. I pray for my son and his family, god please protect then an guide them. Keep them safe
    I pray for my husband please bless him and keep him safe. Protect him from strange women, keep him faithful to his vows

  46. For my husband, as he prepares to become a father as well as sustain our family. For strength, patience and grace.

  47. St. Joseph, help me to pray for my intentions. I pray for the intentions of our Heavenly Mother. Please pray for good news regarding J’s echocardiogram. I pray in thanksgiving for the recovery of C. Thank you, St. Joseph.

  48. St. Joseph, father pf Jesus, be my guide in my daily life. Bless me with grace and give me strength to follow the will of God. Bless this world and take away the unnecessary strife that’s created over greed. I pray that we give praise and thanks foe each blessing receive daily and appreciation for the love of life itself. Life is precious and I pray that all families will have a paternal father to provide love, understanding, growth and family values to the children of this earth. Bless us all with unconditional love, amen

  49. Pray for God’s unity, peace and love in our family. Asking for healing oh A’s heart and mind, forgiveness abounding, many graces for everyone to desire to know and love our God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
    Prayers for the Russian and Ukrainian people. Peace.

  50. I pray for my brother in law and my sister ‘s marriage and all mankinds marriages that it will be unified and whole as God intended it to be with Husband wife and children living together under the same roof and most importantly together in spirit working together towards each other’s goals that is according to God’s will for them.
    Serving each other
    Genesis 2:24 (KJV) Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
    Ephesians 5:25 (KJV) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
    Ephesians 5:26 (KJV) That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
    Genesis 2:18 (KJV) And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet
    1 Peter 3:7 (KJV) Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. for him.
    Ecclesiastes 4:9 (KJV) Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
    I pray for my 2 younger sisters that they will find great men of God with faith love and hope in God will to love God and his people with all thy heart heart and all thy soul. They will love and cherish their wives and family.
    I pray that my sisters will ready themselves in God’s presence and word through pray and action for a God ly marriage.
    I pray for my sister in law with children that she will be made ready for the right wife to him and he will be mafe ready for the right husband to her and father to their children according to God’s will.
    Amen

  51. I pray for Peace in Ukraine.
    I pray for more work .
    I pray that I reach higher levels in my career, so that I can provide a better life for my family.

  52. DEAR FATHER GOD, RESTORE MY FAMILY. WITH YOU NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. MY FAMILY IS TORN APART BY DIVORCE. MY HUSBAND DOES NOT WANT TO RECONCILE. ME AND MY SONS ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL & EMOTIONAL PAIN. PRAYING FOR ALL COUPLES CONTEMPLATING DIVORCE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT MAY ENTER THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS TO RECONSIDER. PRAYING FOR ALL AFFECTED BY THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF DIVORCE.

  53. Uwakhonye Bonnie total healing and deliverance.
    Isimen Bonnie-Uwakhonye total healing.
    Deliverance for Ehigie, Isimen and Oseremen Bonnie Uwakhonye healing emotionally, psychologycally, spiritually and deliverance.
    Exposed all who have placed Bonnie Uwakhonye in this state.
    Edeh Patience fruitfulness of womb, financially and health wise.
    Success for my husband exams and financial breakthrough.
    Unity, love, forgiveness and understanding in David Uwakhonye children generation unto generations. Money to buy car and stock my shop

  54. Pray for me as I’m going through some sad days with respect to my reñationship. I’m praying for a successful relationship with K.T so that we can get married this year.

  55. My sister who is recently widowed and struggling to make her way into her new life. She is also dealing with recent new health issues. Prayers that she is healed.

  56. I pray for a financial breakthrough with my business. We have worked so hard and would like to see the work of our hands and minds to pay off. Bless this family to tear down any shame or lack. Amen

  57. For my son’s perfect and complete healing of his leg with no long term effects. That he may heal and again enjoy all the activities that he loves.

  58. Return to faith of my family members, strengthen my spouse, my son, a husband for my widowed daughter. Amen

  59. For my daughter and son-in law to find a house, for my husband’s health, for the healing of my hand and a mysterious cough, for the spiritual conversion of the world, for the suffering people of Ukraine, for world peace, for the conversion of sinners, for all priests to have the boldness of the Spirit, for my children and grandchildren, for all family, friends, neighbors, all mankind

  60. Please pray for my son and daughter-in-law who are trying to have a baby and start a family. They are also pursuing adoption.
    And, please pray for my daughter that she find a wonderful spouse to spend the rest of her life with. Someone who will mirror St. Joseph and who will love her and be there for her always, as she will be for him.

  61. I am praying for a partner who understands the value of matrimony and family . That as we get to learn about each other we may grow in love and oneness with God our father who did bless Sarah in the book of Tobit. And grow to raise our little ones to know God just as we bring them closer to his temple Amen.

  62. The Lord is good

    through the intercession of St. Joseph I am praying for good health for my kids Mareg and Brian and myself. I pray for good health and to live the life of our ancestors. I entrust all the refugees and IDPs around the world, especially those I work very closely with. I also entrust my immediate supervisor and subordinates, partners, and all stakeholders that we may work in harmony towards achieving a fruitful result for the persons of concern

    To my good health. I do not want to die when I am young or leave my kids young. I pray against all terminal diseases in my life, cancer, kidney failures, liver diseases, HIV/AIDS and many other. I will not die with any disease

    we ask this through Christ our Lord

  63. Dear ST Joseph, Thank you for giving me a real father like you, a honest partner to my mom, he is obeying God and treasure the path he has taken with many blessings of love and happiness. Im truly grateful to God for making us lucky with wonderful mold of you.

    I may have expected same from my partner, but i never got to select , i just had to take what was ahead of me. later i saw what a real relationship be. but im not lucky. wht is mine???

    I see the truth and you know i see it the most important thing is this was happening for 15 yrs now, and Im suppressing and admitting, thinking its ok, and forgiving every time. but honestly i was not ok and now the limit has exceeded and im getting attack’s of my past. what that means ST joseph , how do i face it , how i should respond, please guide me , bring me a visible reason to blast it out , im sure i will heal then, but we need to figure out ,knowing Jesus with us please help us sorted clearly and with a a good intension and growth and happiness for both.

    im prayerfully offering this novena to help me heal from therapy and to reveal the truth in front of both of us . please let me show gracefully that its emotional cheating that hurts me and im in no focus now. God please help me move out and start a new life, and while figuring out to what is our real importance in life.

    In jesus name , Amen

  64. Dear Jesus, Mary and St. Joseph, please heal and protect my family, friends and I. Please Bless 🙏 us Spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally.

    Please heal us of fibromyalgia, hyperparathyroid, kidney and heart disease, arthritis, anxiety, depression, asthma, allergies, COPD, diverticulitis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, double heart bypass surgery, abdominal lump, diabetes, cancer and colon problems.

    Please help my husband continue to take better care of his diabetes.

    Please help our son and his friends continue to live God 🙏 loving lives. Please also help him find a devout, Catholic woman to marry.

    Please heal me of my upcoming abdominal surgery.

    Thank you Jesus, Mary and St. Joseph.

  65. Thanks to God our Father who gave us st. Joseph to protect us.
    Thanks to st. Joseph for beiing close to us.
    Thanks for Mother Mary who gave us Jezus.
    Thanks to the Holy Ghost who fave us Love.

  66. For my children and grandchildren, that they return to the Church
    For my husband, John, that he desires to receive Reconcilliation
    For our world, PEACE
    For family and friends
    For the end to abortion
    Return to sanity in our country, no division because of race

  67. I have covid. I need strength and healing to find my way back. I am also very anxious and can’t work out whether the headache is virus and anxiety. Guide and protect my family and friends.
    Dear St Joseph please give strength and wisdom at this time. In Jesus name.
    Amen.

  68. I pray my husband knows the truth about the thing that were said about me and he realises I was the only one to stand by him when everyone else let him down and to put his pride and ego aside and to give our marriage another chance

  69. Pray for my son Stephen who abuses drugs…
    May his craving for Marijuana be cleansed in the Mighty name of Jesus!

  70. Please pray for the recovery of my son who is undergoing a mental health crisis. Praying to you Jesus God Almighty! Amen.

  71. For my boyfriend, Emmanuel Akula-Iho, That St. Joseph will intercede on his behave. That God will give him wisdom and knowledge, bless the works of his hands, protect him. For God’s will to be done in our relationship and lives.
    For my Father and all the men in my life.

  72. Please include my personal intentions (too numerous to mention!) for assistance with temporal matters, plus healing for my friends & family, esp my children, mother & husband. For repose of the souls of dearly departeds, to find lost items/parcels to be delivered, for the health of our planet and all God’s creatures and lastly, for an end to war between Russia & Ukraine 🙏🏼

  73. For all the men in my extended family. That St.Joseph will guide them towards Jesus. Be strong men of faith, have an increased love of God and have God at the centre of their marriages and families.
    Also, my daughters be blessed and marry holy Christian husbands and my sons with holy Christian wifes. In Jesus’ might name. Amen

  74. Let us pray to St Joseph in his role of Protector of the Carmelite Order, that he keeps all Carmelites faithful and strong in their calling and charism; that he inspires new vocations, and with Our Lady, shows us surely the way to follow Christ.

  75. Please pray for my husband that he would have the strength to seek any help he needs to heal from childhood trauma, and for me to persevere in working on my own healing. Pray that we would have a strong and holy marriage and be examples of virtue to our children.

  76. Pray for my husband and I we are going through adjustments and are need assistance in navigating them without trying to control the outcome and keep Jesus in the center of our relationship.

  77. For R, may he find a girl that he loves and she loves him, and they are kind, caring and laugh together, and marry and have children.
    For A and P, may they receive spiritual guidance on having children; may they have a long happy marriage, and find their way back home to us to be able to support their marriage and raising children.
    For M and me, may we find a way to be more patient and kind to each other, and be more focused on the other’s feelings. May we figure out retirement that will allow us to be close to our kids and future grandchildren