Today is the feast day of Saint Joseph. During a terrible famine in Sicily, the people prayed to him to deliver them from drought and famine, and their prayers were answered. Saint Joseph is the patron of families, fathers, people in doubt, social justice, travellers, and those who are dying.
http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/novena/joseph.htm
Prayer to St. Joseph for Terri Schaivo
Good St. Joseph,
Guardian of our Lady and the child Jesus,
Patron of women, children, and husbands,
Patron of the whole church,
you who are there for us calmly,
in times of trouble,
patron saint of a holy death,
on today your feast day,
we ask you to especially watch down on our most vunderable sister,
Terri Schaivo,
intercede for her with your son Jesus,
comfort her as the pangs of hunger and thirst grow stronger,
pray for strength for those who are working so hard to save her,
pray for healing and softening in those hearts trying to kill her,
pray that all who watch her vigil
will learn the realities of the evilness of human-caused suffering,
and how life is a gift from God in heaven.
St. Joseph,
quietly you worked to protect and raise Jesus as a child,
quietly, you work tirelessly in heaven
as you watch over your son's church,
never was it known that any who turned to you were left unaided.
Pray for us, good St. Joseph,
now, and at the hour of our death, Amen
That is really funny . . . although it's hard to laugh under the circumstances. Those Republicans better come through for us.