IX.
My holy Patriarch, through the pain which thou didst feel in seeing the divine Word born in a stable, so poor, without fire, without clothes, and in hearing the cries caused by the cold which afflicted Him. I pray thee to obtain for me a true sorrow for my sins, by which I have drawn tears from Jesus; and through the consolation which thou didst receive at the. first sight of the Infant Jesus born in the crib, so beautiful and lovely that thy heart began from that moment to burn with such great love for so loving and amiable an infant, obtain for me also the grace to love Him with an ardent love on this earth, that I may one day go to enjoy Him in heaven.
- St. Joseph, penetrate our hearts with contrition, and render them more sensible of the loveliness of Jesus.
X.
My holy protector, through the prompt obedience which thou hast always shown to the Divine Will, obtain for me from thy Jesus the grace of perfect obedience to the divine commands. Obtain for me the grace that, in the journey which my soul is making to eternity, in the midst of so many enemies. I may never, till the last moment of my life, lose the society of Jesus and Mary. If I am accompanied by them, all the toils of this life, and even death itself, shall be sweet and agreeable to me.
- St. Joseph. I wish to be all thine, that by thee I may remain all Jesus and Mary's.
XI.
O great Saint, through the merits of the pains which thou didst suffer at having lost Jesus in the Temple, obtain for me tears to weep continually for the injuries I have done Him. And
