ACT OF CONSECRATION OF OUR LIVES TO ST. JOSEPH.
St. Joseph my father and Lord, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mother, we entrust ourselves to your special care and protection. You were the guardian and foster father of Jesus, exercising a father's rights over the Redeemer of all mankind.
St. Joseph, silent and hidden in the Scriptures, hidden and silent in the love of God, we wish to place ourselves under your protection. You cared for the Holy Family, leading them safely away from danger.
Your protection of the Holy Family now includes the Holy Church of God, where you exercise the same care and love for the safety of souls,
To be a member of this Holy Family, under your watchful eye, is a sure sign for the faithful that they are safe from their deadly foe.
St. Joseph, we know too, that there are special graces which come to us through you when we place ourselves under your care. We know also that our faith grows stronger under your protection for we have given you the same place in our lives as Jesus gave during His earthly life.
Dear St. Joseph, to entrust ourselves to your care is to live at all times like the Holy Family of Nazareth. Through you we are brought into closer union with Jesus and Our Holy Mother.
Even today you still exercise your protection and guardianship over this Holy Family. We know that our Act of Consecration which we make now will help us to live a perfect and full Christian life.
St. Joseph pray for us. Let us wander only in the freedom of the Children of God.
Amen.
