Good Saint Joseph, we cherish you as the Protector of our Congregation. We honor you as a man of justice, wisdom and love in your care for Mary and Jesus and in your life as a worker. We contemplate Jesus, growing in age, and grace, and wisdom sheltered in the shadow of your fatherly tenderness, your care and faithfulness. Intercede for our Congregation so that we live with creative fidelity the charism handed on to us by Saint Eugene. Help us be true cooperators of the Saviour, living, in a special way, charity for one another, and ready to preach the Gospel to the poor in the most difficult missions. Saint Joseph, pray for us that we leave nothing undared for God’s Reign and that by God’s grace we may always strive to become saints. Amen.