Prayer of Consecration to St. Joseph
O Glorious Patriarch and Patron of the Church! O Virgin Spouse of
the Virgin Mother of God! O Guardian and Virginal Father of the
Word Incarnate! In the presence of Jesus and Mary, I choose you
this day to be my father, my guardian, and my protector.
O great St. Joseph, whom God has made the Head of the Holy
Family, accept me, I beseech you, though utterly unworthy, to be a
member of your “Holy House.” Present me to your Immaculate
Spouse; ask her also to adopt me as her child. With her, pray that I
may constantly think of Jesus, and serve him faithfully to the end of
my life. O Terror of Demons, increase in me virtue, protect me from
the evil one, and help me not to offend God in any way.
O my Spiritual Father, I hereby consecrate myself to you. In faithful
imitation of Jesus and Mary, I place myself and all my concerns
under your care and protection. To you, after Jesus and Mary, I
consecrate my body and soul, with all their faculties, my spiritual
growth, my home, and all my affairs and undertakings.
Forsake me not, but adopt me as a servant and child of the Holy Family.
Watch over me at all times, but especially at the hour of my
death. Console and strengthen me with the presence of Jesus and
Mary so that, with you, I may praise and adore the Holy Trinity for
all eternity. Amen.