The Chaplet of St Joseph
Photo: The Chaplet of St Joseph (source: personal photo)
The chaplet is structured in 15 blocks of four beads, coloured differently: one is white or ivory, and the three consecutive beads are coloured in blue or purple.
The white colour is symbolic of St Joseph’s purity, while the blue colour is meaningful for his piety and saintliness.
Before Pope John Paul the 2nd, they was 15 Rosary mysteries; Pope John Paul II introduced another 5 mysteries, named the Luminous mysteries. However, for St Joseph’s chaplet, each block corresponds to one of 15 mysteries as they were known before Pope John Paul II:
- The Annunciation to Mary
- The Visitation of Mary
- The Nativity
- The Presentation in the Temple
- Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple
- The Agony in the Garden
- The Scourging at the Pillar
- The Crowning with Thorns
- The Carrying of the Cross
- Jesus’ Death on the Cross
- The Resurrection
- The Ascension
- The Descent of the Holy Spirit
- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
- The Coronation of the Virgin
The chaplet should be recited by invoking one of the 15th Rosary mysteries, starting from the white bead, then reciting the Hail Mary for two times.
On the blue beads, the following invocation should be recited on each blue bead:
“Praised and blessed be Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!”
The ending prayer
The chaplet will end with the following prayer:
Pray for us, O holy St Joseph!
That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ!
Let us pray:
O, God,
Who had predestined St Joseph
for all eternity for the service
of Thy Eternal Son and His Blessed Mother,
and made him worthy to be the spouse of the Blessed Virgin
and the foster father of Thy Son:
We beseech Thee,
through all the services he had rendered,
to Jesus and Mary on earth,
that Thou wouldst make us worthy of his intercession
and grant us to enjoy the happiness of his company in Heaven.
Through Christ, our Lord!
Amen!