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. Lord am praying for my marriage that it will stand and overcome all that’s thrown in our way to destroy it. I pray for my husband to be a leader and follow God’s teachings in truth. I pray for all marriages that are struggling with a lot of insecurity and other ailments. Healing I seek oh Lord. I pray for openness in my marriage. St Joseph pray for js

  2. God please heal my daughter from high BP that is disturbing her health through the novena prayers to St. Joseph. As she is in the hospital now, please lord reduce and remove the BP worrying her and let the brain test she will be good and headache stop in Jesus name, Amen. God help my entire family through this novena, grant us good health, successful endeavours, prayerful life, and assist us to always do the will of God, Amen. Grant us and my elderly mother peace of mind and body, Amen. Be with my daughter’s new born baby to grow up well and healthy. Thank you, Jesus, Amen.

  3. Please pray with me that I’ll grow in the Lord. I need all my promotions after 10 years of work please St Joseph I need your intercession as well as deliverance from spiritual marriage. Please help me people are using my land as refuse damp. Please St Joseph intercede for me to receive all the graces that I have lost.

    Amen

  4. God please heal my daughter from high BP that is disturbing her health through the novena prayers to St. Joseph. As she is in the hospital now, please lord reduce and remove the BP worrying her and let the brain test she will be good and headache stop in Jesus name, Amen. God help my entire family through this novena, grant us good health, successful endeavours, prayerful life, and assist us to always do the will of God, Amen. Grant us and my elderly mother peace of mind and body, Amen. Thank you, Jesus, Amen.

  5. I pray that God will bring a good woman into my son’s life to help him raise his little girl. I also pray that God will mold him and make him ready for a good relationship.

  6. That God watches over the doctors and hospital staff as they work on Bob’s angioplasty and aneurysm before, during and after being on a bypass machine. That Bob’s family travels safely to be with him during surgery and the recovery process.

  7. For my son to forgive & start talking to his sister’s & for him to forgive his mom .
    For all of us to get along as the family we once were.

  8. For my wife Jacqueline that she remains in remission from ovarian cancer.
    For me, Dan, for newly diagnosed vertebral and hip cancer.

  9. Thanking God for hearing and answering my prayers, granting my my request by giving me the man I wanted in life

  10. Please pray for my sister N/A she has cancer
    For her treatment to work on her cancer and
    No Sprint anymore to handle her pain and her cross, please keep her in your prayers always
    May God bless and protect you all

    Thank you so much
    B. T.

  11. Please help me pray for my daughter, that she finds a life partner, a practicing Christian, who will provide, be supportive and kind to their family.
    Please help my boys stay in a truthful, kind path and help them , come back to church

    Grateful to continue my relationship with my husband as we help guide our adult children to lead fulfilling lives.
    Help my brother maneuver and guide his children in a positive way.
    That anyone who travels remain safe.
    Dear Jesus I trust in you

  12. Please pray for my brothers in law, nephew and that God may continue to lead & guide them with strength, wisdom, perseverance & understanding. For all of the fathers, families & loved ones in Ukraine that they will be able to withstand the Russian onslaught and the Lord will be able to grant wisdom, sense & understanding in the mind of Putin to stop the provocative carnage so that these families may be reunited once again in PEACE. Prayers for all the wounded, suffering and deceased on both sides.

  13. St.Joseph, please keep my family focused on the lord’s promise. May we do God’s will here on earth and bring more people to Christ. I pray for a home for my family. I ask prayers to keep my mind focused on my education as I prepare for nursing school. I pray for the sick, sad, and lost. In Jesus’ name, I pray. I give you all the glory 🙏🏼❤️

  14. I pray for my boyfriend to get through his fear of marriage so we can honor our love and commitment in the eyes of God.

    I ask that all Fathers and men, in the Ukraine, be blessed and protected so they may guide their children through life.

  15. I met the man who I believe God put in my life to be with me forever. We have been together for 14 years (as of 3/26/2022). We love each other immensely, are best friends, and plan to continue grow old together. (He is now 61 and I am 58).

    I ask God to guide JJH to resolve his issues and enter into the sacrament of marriage together with me.

  16. I met the man who I believe God put in my life to be with me forever. We have been together for 14 years (as of 3/26/2022). We love each other immensely, are best friends, and plan to continue grow old together. (He is now 61 and I am 58).

    We are committed to each other and are both Catholic. Neither of us had ever been married. Something holds him back from marriage. He cannot explain it. Bring married, in the Church, is very important to me.

    I ask God to guide JJH to resolve his issues and enter into the sacrament of marriage together with me.

  17. For my husband on his spiritual journey and in gratitude for him. For my sons that they may seek God and be holy good men, find their vocations and should they marry and have children be good husbands and fathers. For my daughters and their vocations and that they may find good men should they marry

    For all our young people in a time when there is so much confusion regarding sexuality that they may see the beauty God created in man and woman.

    And for me to love everyone where they are.

  18. Praying for all husbands to be guided by st. Joseph especially Emma. May St. Joseph make a miracle in Emma’s life so he can be a good father, husband and friend to me and our children. Amen

  19. Prayers for blessings of good health for our baby grandson and his parents.
    Prayers for healing graces for family and friends experiencing health issues.
    Prayers for world peace.

  20. Dear St. Joseph please give Sarah my daughter, Matthew, Austin and myself the grace to quiet our minds and hearts so that we can listen for the voice of the Lord, and respond to whatever He is asking of us. Amen

  21. Please pray for my husband that he surrenders and goes for the help he needs. Play pray that he gains courage and faith to make this step. Please pray for me
    To have courage and strength each day to move forward. Please pray for my children to be safe and healthy. Thank you

  22. I pray for a peaceful end to the war in the Ukraine. I pray that my son starts coming back to church. I pray that my daughter find a job . I pray for my grandchildren to develop a deep love for God.

  23. My sons. Also for Vladimir Putin and the dfeat peacwfully of the plan for a one world order. For the whole church to be united under Christ.

  24. For my son Joe and his wife Jenny that they would be able to conceive a child, Jenny and a normal pregnancy and deliver a healthy baby. It’s been almost 2 yrs since they suffered a miscarried baby when Jenny was 6 months pregnant. They’ve been married 15 yrs and would make such great parents if God granted them a baby. Thank you.

  25. Please pray that Lori S. gets All normal, cancer free CT scan and mammogram results, and is cancer free. Thank you!

  26. Spiritual and Physical Health for all the following :My Aunt Beverly Evers and
    My Uncle Joseph Evers
    Sharon Cornish
    Father Joseph Heuberger
    Chris Knight and Neal Knight
    All my Nieces and Nephews and my Grand Nieces and Nephews and their Parents, my Siblings and in-laws.
    All My Relatives living and deceased.
    St Joseph and Blessed Mother,please pray for them and cure their ailments and help them with their spiritual pathway to Jesus, our Lord and Saviour.
    St Joseph pray for me too. Amen !

  27. St Joseph, I pray for the repose of the souls of my family who have passed away. We pray for an end to the war- may you intervene to stop the needless suffering. St Joseph, please help me come up with a good working plan and work and help me start to produce good quality work that will be acknowledged. My cousin desperately needs a job with a decent salary- pls help her as the stress is not good for her. Pls hear the prayers of those looking for work. Please could you help me get the right job, so I can move to a more fitting role before the next reorganisation of our function. Please St Joseph, protect my family- listen to their private prayers and help them with their earnest asks. Please help us live a more balanced, joyful life with less stress.

  28. I pray that I pass my forth coming interview. I pray I get the job in ministry of public service Uganda. I pray the Lord answers all prayers for people who prayed this novena with us.

  29. I pray for my son Christian. Please St Joseph pray that he finds his way, that he has motivation, will and desire to find work and finish school. Also pray that God frees his heart of anger pain and resentment

    I pray for my son Ethan to free his heart of hate and bitterness and resentment and accepts God’s live as well as his parents love.
    Please pray that they grow to be responsible Catholic men

  30. I’m praying for my family to come back to the Church, for the end of the war, and for the people in Purgatory.

  31. Dear St. Joseph,

    I pray to focus and study the proper materials to pass my boards on the first attempt.
    I pray to pass the boards on my first attempt, graduate and get a job to support my two children.
    I pray for healing of my son from suicidal ideations, autism, ADHD, sleep apnea, self-hatred, anger, severe depression, severe anxiety, and negative self-talk.
    I pray for healing of my daughter from severe depression, severe anxiety, ADHD, autism, and severe migraines.
    I pray for my two children to have a healthy, loving and respectful relationship.
    I pray my family stays together, supports each other, and loves each other.
    I pray for a financial miracle, financial stability and a release of my financial debt.
    I pray for a release from my prior student loans. I formerly attended an online college who lied to me, misrepresented the curriculum, and closed. I am now stuck with a huge debt for a program that was not valid.
    I pray for protection over my family from satan and all evil.
    I pray for good health over my family.
    I pray for healing of my mother.
    Thank you Lord Jesus for blessings you bestow upon us each and every day.
    I pray to stay safe as I travel 1.5 hours to my clinical site.
    Amen

  32. Holy Joseph, protector and Foster Father of Jesus and husband of Mother Mary, please deliver my son from his addiction and Return our grandson permanently to our home so we can raise him with his sisters. Please also restore my body to health and give my husband the strength and support he needs to be the protector and support of his family. Thank you St Joseph for the love and support you provided to Jesus and Marry and for your continued support of my family. Amen.

  33. St Joseph, Holy family, souls in purgatory intercede for me that there be a big major financial break though. Let there be supernatural speed in the sale and entrustment of financies by the M M L F D help us oh Lord I mighty Jesus name. Amen

  34. 1. Pray for my brother Richard and his wife moreen to turn back to God.
    2. Family unity
    3. To hear and listen to the voice of God
    4. I pray for Charles and moreen, salome and others who are looking forward to having a child in there marriage

  35. 1. Pray for my brother Richard and his wife moreen to turn back to God.
    2. Family unity
    3. To hear and listen to the voice of God

  36. Irina and Valera – safe passage from Ukraine to the US, and resolution of immigration status once here
    For peace in Ukraine and all the world
    For the Russian people
    For all governmental leaders, that they make decisions with wisdom, compassion, justice, and mercy for all

  37. I request for a work transfer to my husband’s place so that I can have a fruitful married life and my kids can know their father closely. St Joseph, please beseech for my intentions. Amen

  38. May your prince charming appear … riding upon his white horse and may he sweep you off your feet and carry you to a life of endless love!!

  39. Meghan and Sergey – successful treatment
    David and Katie – safe delivery of a healthy baby
    Health: Carol, Doug, Sister Kim, Bonnie, Sarah, Ed, Ed, Mel, Nancy, Richard, Judy

  40. Dear St. Joseph.
    I pray for my entire family Doreen, Isaac, Erika, Teresa. Jordan, Eddie, Carol and Son, Tshepo, Joseph and Ann and including myself. Oh thou Loving caring and Protecting Father, you witness my family confronted worldly challenges, I, being attacked by selfish people who want to peddle lies to gain my properties, The children each confronted with difficulty in employment. I know these are mostly worldly matters to preoccupy us and keep our attention from prayers and to test our faith. I pray first for strengthened faith, then for God’s wisdom. As for the tormenting spirits that want to rob us of our blessings from the almighty, I pray the you St. Joseph protect us from them. Intercede for us with Almighty God to send Archangel to fight them and send them into the abyss, leaving all doors of blessings open for us.

    Dear St. Joseph our Father of all caring fathers, intercede for us.

    In the name of the father and of the son and of the wholly spirit, Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord be with you, blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the time of our death.

    Holly mother intercede for us with St Joseph that these enemies surrounding us may be fought off.

  41. Please pray for my health. Both physically and mentally. I’ve been struggling a lot with many health issues. Please God help me and heal me. Remove every negative thought and heal all sickness in Jesus name Amen

  42. May they solve their problems the children are the ones that we’ll suffer the most in Jesus Christ I pray. Amen 🙏🏼

  43. Dear Jesus,Mother Mary n St. Joseph pls bless my husband so that his PSA report which will be done tomorrow morning will be normal. Thank you Dear Jesus

  44. Dear Jesus I feel so alone. Lord you know my situation and I pray and ask if you could please heal my relationship with my daughters . I wish I could find a good friend that I can talk, confide and see often.
    Help me to be able to go to church and confession. I pray that my family that are away from the Catholic Church will come back and be good Christians. I ask for those that are sick right now that you heal them and comfort them. I give you thanks Lord for answer to my prayers and always watching over us. Amen

  45. St. Joseph please keep my niece’s father available in her life.
    We are praying for healing and restoration on this side for his cancer diagnosis. Please keep him strong and faithful during the hard times I. Treatment, never feeling alone.
    We pray for our strength to stay in prayer and positive celebration g the gift of family.

  46. Blessed St Joseph, I humbly implore your help and intercession on behalf of my husband Michael who is in desperate need of healing now please help him I pray Amen.
    Please help my son Cassius, guide and protect him. I humbly implore your help that he settles down in marriage with a good Catholic spouse and raise their family. I also ask that he finds the job he so desires Amen.
    Praying for my cousin Veronica, that she gets a home of her own and a good man in her life Amen.
    St Joseph please help me I am so overwhelmed by all that is happening in my life now. I pray for help and support. I also ask for health and strength guidance and protection for myself and family Amen.
    Please hear the prayers of all asking your help today especially the people of Ukraine Amen.

  47. For me to be strong and courageous as Saint Joseph was in order to defeat the actions of the enemy. I recently stood up for someone and did the right thing and now I’m being ostracized. And in Thanksgiving for Father Donald Calloway‘s book Consecration to Saint Joseph and his wonderful videos on YouTube. I highly recommend it.

  48. Pray for the conversion and reconciliation of my children and grandchildren with myself and my husband and the conversion and I of my sister and her family.

  49. Pray husband’s battery surgery will be a success on 3-22. Once complete he will be in less pain that he experiences daily.

    Pray that once house is up for sale, St. Joseph will find the right buyer and house will sell for the asking price we place on the house.

    Pray for all who are STILL experiencing the after affects of Hurricane Ida. Those of us who are still in the process of rebuilding.

  50. Pray daughter finds a decent man, one who will love her and her children unconditionally. One to fill the void in their lives and make them happy.

  51. Dear St Joseph, please protect all the fathers in Ukraine separated from their families as they defend their country. Protect President Zelensky and his family from harm and guide him to peace for all the people of Ukraine. Please help Carli and Stevie find their future spouse.

  52. St. Joseph, please help me with the sale of my house in CT. That it may sell at the asking price or more as soon as possible 🙏🏻🙏🏻

  53. My brother Gerard, for his cure from cancer and his intentions
    Kevin, repair to his car and his family
    Michael, his Baptism and his Family
    Family Reunion, Darren and the planning committee

  54. Please help me pray for B and I who will no longer be able to rent the house they are living in. They will be looking at seven homes today and the competition is stiff.
    Know that I am in prayer with all of you as well.

  55. I pray that our Lors will touch President Biden and the Democrat party, That they will change their ways and put a stop to Abortion and killing of our people and especially to stop the war in the Ukraine and stop the killing of all their people.

  56. That my son Raymond treat his son Isaiah with love and kindness and provide for him as a father should. That my son Stephen treat his son with love and kindness.

  57. For my daughter-in -law Kelly.. may she someday forgive what has caused her to hate me. May my grandchildren come back in my life . I don’t understand and nobody will tell me why Kelly forbid my grandchildren from seeing me.

  58. For K to find a good responsible spouse. For M and K for successful pregnancy. For all family and friends who have lost spouses. For strengthening marriages of family and friends. Thank you.

  59. Dear St.Joseph,

    I lift up to you my daughter Jen and her divorced husband Kevin, that their relationship might be healed so that they can be the best parents for their adult children.

    And please St.Joseph, intercede for my grandson Brian,that he might find the right girl to spend his life with. One that will encourage his faith in you, and will love and cherish him in their relationship and in their faith.

    And lastly St. Joseph, be with my husband Ray….my sons John an Tom and my son in law Kevin pray for their father hood…..strenghten it and sustain in I pray in Jesus name…..Amen

  60. My niece is so loving and caring and wants to be able to share her love with a soulmate. She is great with children. She’s a school teacher/librarian. She longs to be loved and to have a happy and healthy marriage to the one God chooses for her. Please help me in praying that she meets this person soon so that they can both be happy, healthy, and loved.

  61. For our son Tony that he would be a Christian role model for his daughter and giving her the quality time she needs by allowing her to feel confident in sharing all her feeling with him at all times. Saint Joseph pray for Tony and his daughter. Thank you Jesus!

  62. For my adult sons to find Catholic spouses
    For my adult daughter to discern the relationship she is currently in, there needs to be a resolution

    Thank you everyone for praying

  63. I pray to beloved St. Joseph for a husband and protector just as he protected our Blessed Mother and the Baby Jesus.

  64. Heavenly Father, this year I will be applying for family reunion please Lord help me to be reunite with my wife and daughter to the glory of your name 🙏

  65. For Reid who has been,in remission for 23 years and facing it’s return.

    For Ken who has neuropathy and his walking and very bad back pain, making it very difficult for him to walk.

    For Scott who is an alcoholic and finally realized his illness. He needs prayers for strength to keep in the program.

    Thank you all.

  66. Please pray for my Father in law Jim who is 94. He recently fell and is in a rehabilitation center. Pray for his strength and hope to go home.
    Pray for my husband, Robert who recently had hip replacement surgery.
    Pray for my daughter Becca & her husband Christian, who are having their first child in June, pray for a healthy baby and that they return to the church and that they baptize & raise their baby in the church.
    Pray for my son, Christian for his continued health and well-being, his job & schooling, and that God will bless him with a good and godly woman to love and marry.
    Pray for my continued health and that my upcoming tests are free and clear of any cancer.

  67. That young Joseph and ceili will get married in the church also Ruairi and Tyran and they will have their children baptised

  68. Glory be to the Lord,
    I am humbly requesting you to put in prayers as a Father, Parent and Husband who financial calamities have for a while now put my family in a very unprecedented life challenges which have reached to a point of struggling to secure meals and children being kicked out of school.
    Please pray with me
    Be blessed,
    Amen

  69. God, I am struggling and I feel alone. Lord you know my situation and I pray and ask if you could please help heal my relationship with my love. I pray for friends and to get involved in a Bible study I pray to pass this exam March 18th to be a nurse, that my studying is paying off. Lord, help me not to be jealous or envious of others but to be content where I am at right now. I pray for work and my preceptors. God I pray you can please guide me as I take this test and to please help me to be and stay grateful. Thank you Jesus for everything you are doing changing and helping me grow. I pray for my brother and sister, my mom who is a beautiful angel to me and God thank you for my papa bear he is good to me, I know I don’t receive it well, I pray for us to have a healthy relationship and truly learn to love. God help us get out from the negative cycle. God I pray for focus on this exam Lord and to pass. I pray to study and review the right material, I ask this in your name Lord. Amen.

  70. For Justina, to keep trusting God and get the scholarship she wishes for.
    For Brian, to manage the competition and keep trusting you
    For me and my husband to go through all these troubles, we remain united and we are praying for the twins
    Please pray for us

  71. For God and my Guardian Angel to walk with me through the the process of annulment. For me to have the courage to be open to God, if it is His Will, to bring a man into my life who will be as St. Joseph was to Mary and Joseph to myself and my children and that Gods will be done. Amen.

  72. Please Saint Joseph intercede for our business so that it will continue to grow. May God continue to send us good workers and nice patients.
    Intercede for my children that they will marry good wives and give us good grandchildren. Intercede for me that I will continue to grow in my profession and I will get a good part time job. Intercede for our family friend who has cancer that he will be healed and this sickness will leave his body. For these intentions and many more please intercede for me.

  73. For my children, especially my youngest who is suffering in mind and heart right now, to have St. Joseph be their spiritual foster father in as real a way as is earthly possible from his seat in heaven. I fly to you, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph with great confidence through the love of God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, and God our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

  74. Salvation for my family that does not know the Lord..
    Sister M for salvation and to stop driniking
    Nieces and nephews
    N, T, B, C, God knows

  75. For our children to find faithful Catholic men and women to share their lives. Our son who is in a bad relationship, that God may open his eyes to the evil before him. Our son in law being deployed to Poland. For our other son who has been lured away from the Catholic Church to attend an entertainment church, that he find his way back to the faith.

  76. For purity, holiness, faithfulness and courage for all my sins and their marriages. May they and all men mirror the life of St. Joseph. I ask that all consecrated marriages be protected from every vice and temptation. May the most Precious Blood of Jesus cover all married couples.

  77. Please help my son Chad who is struggling with a decision concerning his job. Help him to make the decision that is best for him and his family. Please pray that my daughter-in-law’s doctor will choose the healthiest embryo for her insemination and that she and the baby will be healthy throughout the pregnancy and and afterward. Please pray that she will have a delivery without complications.

  78. Please pray for all the men in my life please make good faithful men supportive of their families. Help them have good jobs to support and finance their families. Lead them thru the right path and to the right people that will help them obtain good jobs. Help me and my husband retire. Pray for Ukraine and the men fighting for their country. For the health of my family.

  79. I am asking Saint Joseph in this novena I am saying to him, to please interceed with God for me and his belove wife Mary, to get a favourable results of the tests I will be doing in the hospital on Tuesday 15/03/2022. And may my doctors not see any reasons for me to have a surgery done, but to have a miracle and the abdominal pain should stop, if it’s God’s holy will. And to be healed of sickle cell anaemia SS disease. Amen.