In the Lord Jesus, it is our mystery of faith to Pray:
“Save us, Savior of the world, for by Your cross and resurrection, You have set us free."
Optional Add: A Selection From "A Father's Heart" by Pope Francis:
Joseph found happiness not in mere self-sacrifice but in self-gift. In him, we never see frustration, but only trust. His patient silence was the prelude to concrete expressions of trust.
Our world today needs fathers. It has no use for tyrants who would domineer others as a means of compensating for their own needs. It rejects those who confuse authority with authoritarianism, service with servility, discussion with oppression, charity with a welfare mentality, power with destruction.
Every true vocation is born of the gift of oneself, which is the fruit of mature sacrifice. The priesthood and consecrated life likewise require this kind of maturity.
Whatever our vocation, whether to marriage, celibacy or virginity, our gift of self will not come to fulfillment if it stops at sacrifice; were that the case, instead of becoming a sign of the beauty and joy of love, the gift of self would risk being an expression of unhappiness, sadness and frustration. Joseph found happiness not in mere self-sacrifice but in self-gift.
Response:
We seek this happiness of service ourselves. Through Joseph to Jesus.
Joseph Prayer:
Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Bless Virgin Mary. To you God entrusted His only Son, In you Mary placed her trust, With you Christ became man.
Blessed Joseph, to us, (too) show yourself a Father and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen
The Sign of the Cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
