Saint Joseph Novena with Reflections
St. Joseph Novena With Reflections
(March 10-19 & April 22-May 1)
You can follow along with the words of Church-approved Saint Joseph Novena prayers and reflections here. Since St. Joseph has two feast days, there are two prayer schedules.
St. Joseph Novena: March 10-19 & April 22-May 1
A novena is a way we can pray for a specific need or concern with the help of a saint’s prayers. We pray daily for the nine days leading up to a feast day or a solemnity.
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Prayers for the Feast of St. Joseph are the ones you choose from the Year of St. Joseph prayers page.
The Benefits of Praying Novenas
Self-Discipline
We learn to have a prayer routine and better self-discipline by saying novena prayers every day for nine days. Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not lose heart. (Luke 18:1)
More Meaningful
Novenas help us prepare for Feast days and solemnities so that they have greater meaning for us.
Trusting in God
As we focus on a specific prayer intention, we learn to trust that God knows what is best for us.
Praying a novena reminds us how much we rely on God’s love. He answers our prayers in the way that is best for us.
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CREDITS
The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere, 2009, and used with the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.
A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.
All of the prayers for this novena are from one book, The Treasury of Novenas, New Jersey: Catholic Book Publishing Corp., 1986-2004, pp.238-242. (NIHIL OBSTAT: Francis J. McAree S.T.D., Censor Librorum; IMPRIMATUR: Patrick J. Sheridan, D.D., Vicar General, Archdiocese of New York.
Reflections are NIHIL OBSTAT: John M. Fearns S.T.D., and IMPRIMATUR: Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop, New York.
Bible verses are from the New Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) of the Bible.
Our information is from general knowledge, experience, and shared internet sources. We ask that you use it as a starting point for your research so that you can verify facts and build a reference list.
Art
Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.
Among his many paintings of the Holy Family by Bartolome Esteban Murillo, we were happy to choose this one as our featured image. He painted it circa 1668 to 1670.
One of my favorite paintings by Guido Reni depicts The Virgin at Prayer. The date of this masterpiece is circa 1627.
Fabio Losada shared the photo of the man praying at sunset on Cathopic.
Our information is from general knowledge, experience, and shared internet sources. We’d like you to use it as a starting point for your research to verify facts and build a reference list.
IN REVIEW
Briefly, a novena is a way we can pray for a specific need or concern with the help of a saint’s prayers. We pray daily for the nine days leading up to a feast day or a solemnity.
St. Joseph has two feast days.
- For the Solemnity of St. Joseph (March 19th), the prayers begin on March 10th.
- For the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker (May 1st), we start the novena on April 22nd.
- We can also pray the novena anytime.