Your family probably could use more intercession from St. Joseph. While he wasn’t God incarnate like Jesus or sinless like Mary, Joseph has an important place in our homes. He raised the Son of God and was the husband of an immaculately conceived perpetual virgin and her son. He had to smuggle his family out of the country because a king wanted to kill them. Joseph had one of the most important jobs anyone has been given and he handled it simply, dutifully, promptly, and silently. The Bible doesn’t record a single word he said. Makes our problems seem pretty small, huh? This prayer beautifully captures what St. Joseph did for his family and what we would love for him to do for ours. When I read the last line, “ This I beg of you, that our days may be like your days in the holy home at Nazareth ”, I knew this prayer had a place in our home! I pray this every morning while asking my team to intercede for and with me. My wife, kids, and I recite it every school morning before the first of...