Novena to St Joseph—Begins Tuesday 10th March
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Saint Joseph, I, your unworthy child, greet you.
You are the faithful protector and intercessor of all who love and venerate you. You know that I have special confidence in you and that, after Jesus and Mary, I place all my hope of salvation in you, for you are especially powerful with God and will never abandon your faithful servants. Therefore I humbly invoke you and commend myself, with all who are dear to me and all that belong to me, to your intercession.
I beg of you, by your love for Jesus and Mary, not to abandon me during life and to assist me at the hour of my death. Glorious Saint Joseph, spouse of the Immaculate Virgin, obtain for me a pure, humble, charitable mind, and perfect resignation to the divine Will. Be my guide , my father, and my model through life that I may merit to die as you did in the arms of Jesus and Mary.
Loving Saint Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, I raise my heart to you to implore your powerful intercession in obtaining from the Divine Heart of Jesus all the graces necessary for my spiritual and temporal welfare, particularly the grace of a happy death, and the special grace I now implore: (mention your request at this point).
Guardian of the Word Incarnate, I feel confident that your prayers on my behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God. Amen.
The Solemnity of Joseph falls on Thursday 19th March . This means that the Novena will begin this Tuesday 10th March. The prayer above will be recited at the conclusion of all Masses in the parish over these days. During this Novena we pray especially for all fathers, living and departed and for the families of this parish. May St Joseph protect and guide us all, and be a true father to all people
This Week
Fourth Sunday of Lent
15/3/2026
Today is also Mothering Sunday
In today’s Gospel, the man born blind reports how he was healed. We hear the different views of the pharisees, parents, disciples, and others. Like everyday life, there is a lot of noise and contrasting opinions. Despite the potential distractions, the man born blind spends time with Jesus one on one, listening to the Truth. He is receptive and has a great capacity to embrace the news that Jesus is the ‘Son of Man’, as he proclaims ‘Lord, I believe’. We are told that he then ‘worshipped him’.
The call to worship echoes from last week, when we heard Jesus tell the Woman at the Well, that ‘true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.’ Perhaps the man born blind fulfils this degree of worship in his authentic acknowledgement of Christ.
Worship comes through humility and by acknowledging and adoring the Creator. The Eucharist is the ‘Source and Summit’ of worship. Laetare Sunday, (‘laetare’ means rejoice), highlights that we are midway through Lent with our ‘faces like flint’, as we journey to and beyond the darkness of the tomb of Good Friday, to the Resurrection of Jesus who is the ‘Light of the world’. May this be the cause of our rejoicing so that we can worship God wholeheartedly. We ask Our Lady, Queen of Humility, on this Mothering Sunday, to intercede for us. Hail Mary, full of grace….
Una Daly
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