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Chari
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Let us offer this novena up for all of our spouses, for widows, for all of those needing a miracle, for those with home problems (selling, buying, etc), for all of our private intentions. Please post any special intentions you have here. Please pray with me.
Let us pray,
Novena to St. Joseph
Say once a day for nine days, especially beginning on 10 March and ending on 18 March, the eve of the Feast of St. Joseph
O glorious descendant of the kings of Judah, Inheritor of the virtues of all the patriarchs. Just and happy St. Joseph, listen to my prayer. Thou art my glorious protector, and shall ever be, after Jesus and Mary the object of my most profound veneration and confidence. Thou art the most hidden, though the greatest Saint, and art particularly the patron of those who serve God with the greatest purity and fervor. In union with all those who have ever been most devoted to thee I now dedicate myself to thy service; beseeching thee, for the sake of Jesus Christ, who vouchsafed to love and obey thee as a son, to become a father to me; and to obtain for me the filial respect, confidence and love of a child towards thee.
O powerful advocate of all Christians, whose intercession, as St. Theresa assures us, has never been found to fail, deign to intercede for me now, and to implore for me the particular intention of this Novena.
(Mention your intentions here)
Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.
Present me O great Saint to the adorable Trinity, with Whom thou hadst so glorious and so intimate a correspondence. Obtain that I may never efface by sin the Sacred Image according to the likeness of which, I was created. Beg for me that my divine Redeemer would enkindle in my heart and in all hearts, the fire of His Love, and infuse therein the virtues of His adorable infancy, His purity, simplicity, obedience, and humility.
Obtain for me likewise a lively devotion to thy virgin spouse, and protect me so powerfully in life and death, that I may have the happiness of dying as thou didst, in the friendship of my Creator, and under the immediate protection of the Mother of God. Amen.
(it is the same prayer each day, so if I forget to bump it up, help yourself to the prayer)
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Thanks for posting this. My special intentions are for God to provide a way for us to move to a safer, smaller area where we can afford a single family home and my DH can be home more and more involved with Church and family (instead of in the car commuting 2 hours a day plus the 9-10 hours he actually works). Also, I'm asking for my parents and sister to come into the Church, and for God to bless us with another child.
I have a big list. 
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Thank you. I am praying for my house to sell so we can join dh at his new job in another state.
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Thanks so much for this, Chari!
I've posted my prayer request for dh and for my friend Ellen's mom, but I'll add one more here -- my parents have been trying to sell their condo for the past several months. They'd sell at a lower price but other condo owners have been begging them not to so the prices of their property don't go down. One great development -- their newest realtor (the third) is Catholic and she gave them a statue of St. Joseph and the novena to pray.
Praying with all of you.
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I was just on my way to post a reminder....thanks Chari!
St. Joseph....pray for us!
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I'm praying for my husband. He's trying so hard to be the man God wants him to be. He (we) also have some decisions to make in the coming months re: his job and home selling/buying/moving.
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Thank you, Chari.
I'm praying for my dh to find a job, and for my brother, who just received terrible news about his cancer prognosis. 
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I am so sorry, Tami!
Praying for all of you and your intentions!
Please keep praying my kids get well  .....oh, and that "I" stay well! 
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