March 7, 2008
I Say a Little Prayer for You
Back in college my HS friend Melai and I would often exchange snail mails at least 2x in a quarter. She lived and studied in Lucban, Quezon so we keep in touch via these handwritten letters. In one letter that she sent, I remember it was enclosed in a yellow envelope and it was 3 pages. She wrote her usual updates to me, that she misses us, he new found friends, her new school, her new experience. Towards the end it of it, there was a handwritten prayer entitled St. Joseph’s Prayer. It says that this prayer should be said everyday for 9 mornings. It’s like a novena prayer and whoever says it will be protected.
At first I just got the idea of saying it for 9 mornings, and then eventually it became my habit. I prayed for simple things, most particularly for my grades. I remember one time, I printed this prayer on a 8×10 short bond paper and had it laminated and placed it under my pillow. I believed and felt that I was protected everytime I sleep (I’m afraid of ghosts and spirits, in case you didn’t know).
I cannot say for certain that this prayer can fulfill every wish and every desire. (Besides, God doesn’t work that way) Some of my prayers did come true, some did not. I’ve also had my ups and downs. But still, I felt comforted that I have this little prayer to say every morning. 
St. Joseph’s PrayerÂ
O, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. O, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, so that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers. O, St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you, and Jesus asleep in your arms. I dare not approach Him while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine head for me, and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls, pray for us.
