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First Day
Saint Joseph, Model of Faith
Saint Joseph, we pray to you today as our model of faith. You welcomed God into your life,
attentive to his word, you agreed to share in the deepest of mysteries, that of the Incarnation.
Your virgin spouse conceived without human intervention and a child was born who is God; you
adored him; you protected hum. These events were upsetting, even astounding, and for those
without faith, they would seem to have been impossible. But you knew that when speaking to a
person, it is not Gods intention to mislead. Without challenging or questioning Gods will for you,
you went ahead placing your confidence in the light which He alone provides. By your life with
Mary you contributed towards the implementation of salvation for humankind.
Second Day
Saint Joseph, Model of Hope
During your life, Saint Joseph, you were a man of hope. Like the people of Israel, you shared
hope of one day seeing the redemption of humankind accomplished; and, so it was, that in your
very home, united to you as a son to his father, lived the Messiah. This was a sign of the
goodness and fidelity of the Lord. God showed himself faithful to his promises, and new
horizons of hope were opened up for humankind. You hoped for salvation for Mary and yourself
as you welcomed God himself into your life. In the unforeseeable events which came up, such
as the hardships involved in the very birth of Jesus and the flight into Egypt, your only strength
was the unshakable hope you had in goodness, power and fidelity of the Lord. Without a doubt,
this explains the peaceful serenity which radiated from your home. You knew that no matter
what happened to you, God would have the last word.
Third Day Novena
Saint Joseph, Model of Love
Saint Joseph, your life was filled with generous love. You loved MAry who brought the Son of
God into the world. Then with her, you had a special part in the most beautiful act of love ever
known to this world; the coming of the Son of God for the salvation of humankind. God, who is
Love, lived in your home. He ate at your table, shared the intimacy of your home life, your joys
and difficulties, in fact, each moment of your life. As the attention of parents is centered on their
children because they love them, so your generosity, and that of Mary, was naturally centered
on the Son of God. your own child. As on family, you loved those surround you. Because of your
deep love, you were to play an active part in the mystery of salvation, the perfect act of love
embracing all people.
accomplished. But you did them with such joy and faithfulness that in Gods eyes you were
worthy to be the foster father of Jesus.
Eight Day Novena
Saint Joseph, Model Worker
In the beginning of the world, in the Creators plans, work was enjoyable and fulfilling. But
humankind cut itself off from God and since that time, work has been a source of difficulties and
hardships. Saint Joseph, you submitted yourself to the law of work for you understood that work
could again become noble and good in accord with the Creators plans. This was the secret of
your life as a worker. When God decided upon an adoptive father for his Son, He chose a roker,
thus showing his esteem for work. You did not disappoint him. You put your whole heart into
your work. Your labor became and expression of lover for the Lord.
Ninth Day Novena
Saint Joseph, Model of Obedience
Saint Joseph, one of the most noticeable characteristics of your spiritual life was your constant
obedience to God, for your entire life was based upon faithfulness and confidence to the Lord
who loved you. At the very beginning of the Gospel, it is recounted that Mary, who was
betrothed to you, was found to be pregnant. As a just man, you decided to put her away quietly
s as not to cause her any harm. The Lord, however, asked you to take her as your faithful wife,
and you, attentive to this first intervention of God, entered together with him into the evermysterious ways of Incarnation. Just a few month later, the Roman emperor commanded that a
census was to be taken throughout his empire. With firm confidence in Gods providence, you
accepted this second trial. You therefore set out from Nazareth to Bethlehem, the city of David,
where the Son of God was to be born.