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The Litany of Saint Joseph (Latin: Litaniae Sancti Ioseph) is a formal prayer in the Catholic Church dedicated to Saint Joseph, the Prince and Patron of the Universal Church. It is one of six litanies approved by the Catholic Church for public and private use. [1] The Litany of Saint Joseph was approved for public use by Pope Pius X in 1909.
The litany of Saint Joseph was sanctioned by Pope Pius X in 1909. After the usual petitions to the Holy Trinity and one to the Blessed Virgin, the litany is composed of twenty-five invocations expressing the virtues and dignities of Joseph. [6] Furthermore, Pius X composed a Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker for the sanctification of labor. [7] [8]
In the Catholic Church, the Feast of Saint Joseph (19 March) is a solemnity (first class if using the Tridentine calendar), and is transferred to another date if impeded (i.e., 19 March falling on Sunday or in Holy Week). [99] Joseph is remembered in the Church of England and the Episcopal Church on 19 March. [100] [101]
The Novena to Saint Joseph is a Roman Catholic Novena prayed to Saint Joseph. [1]Like all other Novenas it is prayed on nine consecutive days with a specific intention. There are multiple forms of this Novena and in 1876 Pope Pius IX granted indulgences, with the usual indulgence conditions, to all those who with a contrite heart pray the Novena at any time during the year based on a prayer ...
On the canonical age for confirmation in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, the present (1983) Code of Canon Law, which maintains unaltered the rule in the 1917 Code, specifies that the sacrament is to be conferred on the faithful at about 7-18, unless the episcopal conference has decided on a different age, or there is a danger of death ...
Prayer in the Catholic Church is "the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." [1] It is an act of the moral virtue of religion, which Catholic theologians identify as a part of the cardinal virtue of justice. [2] Prayer may be expressed vocally or mentally. Vocal prayer may be spoken or sung.
It encompasses Joseph's devotion and love of the Holy Trinity, including a profound love for his son Jesus Christ, for the Virgin Mary and for all mankind. [3] It especially emphasizes his love for Mary in a chaste and virginal way. The Chaste Heart of Joseph is depicted as inflamed with love and adorned with a white lily representing purity. [4]
Leo XIII presented Saint Joseph as a model at a time when the world and the Church were wrestling with the challenges posed by modernity. [1] With the encyclical Quamquam pluries, Leo XIII was the first pope to draw the lines of a theology of Saint Joseph, with clearly defined titles that fit into the history of salvation, of human redemption, both at the level of the incarnation, as husband ...