A Prayer to Declare an Act of Consecration to Saint Joseph Will Be Recited During All the Masses at the Basilica on November 1

Posted on October 28, 2021

Since September 30, 2021, as part of the Year of Saint Joseph, Basilica parishioners have taken part in a 33-day preparation period to declare an act of consecration to Saint Joseph. That preparation period culminates on All Saints’ Day, November 1, during which, at all the Masses at the Basilica — 6:30 a.m., 8 a.m., 12:10 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. — a priest will lead an act of consecration prayer to Saint Joseph. While ordinarily All Saints’ Days is a Holy Day, the obligation is lifted this year because it falls on a Monday, but we still hope to see you at one of the Masses. Plenary indulgences are granted during the Year of Saint Joseph. Click here to learn more.

Here is the Act of Consecration prayer that will be recited at all the Masses on November 1:

By Saint Peter Julian Eymard

I, __________ , consecrate myself to you, good Saint Joseph, as my spiritual father. I choose you to rule my soul and to teach me the interior life, the life hidden away with Jesus, Mary, and yourself.

Above all, I want to imitate the humble silence with which you shrouded Jesus and Mary. For me everything lies in that—self-denial like our Lord in His hidden life, making the world forget me by my silence and my practice of virtue.

I consecrate myself to you as my guide and model in all my duties so that I may learn to fulfill them with meekness and humility: with meekness toward my brethren, my neighbor, and all with whom I come in contact; with humility toward myself and simplicity before God.

I choose you, good saint, as my counselor, my confidant, my protector in all my difficulties and trials. I do not ask to be spared crosses and sufferings, but only from self-love which might take away their value by making me vain about them.

I choose you as my protector. Be my father as you were the father of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Be my guide; be my protector. I do not ask for temporal goods, greatness, or power. I ask only that I serve with fidelity and devotedness my divine King.

I shall honor, love, and serve you with Mary, my mother, and never shall I separate her name from yours.

O Jesus, give me Joseph for a father as You have given me Mary as a mother. Fill me with devotion, confidence, and filial love. Listen to my prayer. I know that You will. Already I feel more devout, more full of hope and confidence in good Saint Joseph, Your foster father and my spiritual father.

Amen.