33 Day Consecration to St. Joseph

This consecration to St. Joseph begins on Wednesday, May 19th, for the intention of making the final Consecration on Father's Day, June 20th.

Each day of the Consecration is noted by a theme, usually drawing attention to one of the Titles of St. Joseph.  You are asked to pray the Litany of St. Joseph, along with a second prayer from the Tradition and an act of consecration.

One making the Consecration is also encouraged to abstain from meat on Wednesdays, go to Confession weekly and make one noteworthy act of charity each week.​

Each day, there will be a video meditation posted.  You can also access a written meditation and the daily prayers through the links provided below.
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Copies of the Consecration will be provided to those attending the Communal Acts of Consecration at St. Thomas More Parish.

Copies are also available through Amazon:   ​CLICK HERE

You may access the daily meditations and prayers through links below.
COMMUNAL ACTS OF CONSECRATION​
@ St. Thomas More Parish
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Wednesday, May 19th
FIRST ACT OF CONSECRATION:
5:00-6:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration*
6:00-6:30 Meditation and Act of Consecration
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*Confessions will be available
Sunday, May 30th
MASS AND COMMUNAL PRAYERS:
9:00 am Mass
10:00-10:20 Meditation and prayers of Consecration
Friday, June 11th  (the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus)
COMMUNAL ACT OF CONSECRATION
5:00-6:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration
6:00-6:30 Meditation and Act of Consecration
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Sunday, June 20th
MASS AND COMMUNAL PRAYERS:
9:00 am Mass
10:00-10:30 Meditation and final prayers of Consecration

NEXT COMMUNAL PRAYER &  ACT OF CONSECRATION


Sunday, May 30th
9:00 am Mass
10:00-10:20 pm Meditation and  Prayers of Consecration 
** The meditation and prayers will take place following Mass
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PLEASE SELECT BELOW FOR THE PRAYERS AND MEDITATION FOR THE DAY
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33

Introduction to
Making a Consecration to St. Joseph

Consecration of one’s self to a Saint, especially those as beloved as the Blessed Virgin Mary or her Holy Spouse, St. Joseph, is an act of individual devotion that comes from an expression of great love and reverence, and bears significant fruit in our desire for a life of Holiness.  Through this act of consecration we draw ourselves under the protective cloak and rod of St. Joseph.  This often hidden Saint, who took up the charge of protecting and being the guardian of both the Son of God and the Mother of God not only provides us with an example of heroic virtue and is the exemplar of Faith among men, but has joyfully and readily accepted the Fatherhood of all his adopted children.  In this way, his title as Foster Father is a most beautiful gift and should remind us of the true parenthood of all foster parents.

In accepting Mary as his spouse, the one who became the icon of the Church and Mother of all those baptized in Christ, Joseph has become the Foster Father of all.  Would it not seem reasonable that he would treat each of his adopted sons and daughters with the same love, compassion, strength, loyalty, fervor and care that he gave to the Child Jesus.  It is in this light that St. Teresa of Jesus, and countless other Saints, have turned their pleas, petitions and devotions to the Beloved Saint and Foster Father, and give testimony that he has never failed in providing for any petition that was asked of him, or did not correct the petition to something good and worthy of Divine fulfillment.
By consecrating ourselves to St. Joseph we first recognize his great and truly Chaste Love that he has for us and his desire, like any good father, for our maturity and growth in our life in our Heavenly Father; we grow in friendship with him by spending time with him in prayer and coming to know more about him and the work that continues to do for the Kingdom; and we invite him in a persistent and explicit way to be our Spiritual Father, to guide and protect us in our spiritual life.

The Consecration to St. Joseph takes place over 33 days, benefitting from the fruit and tradition of St. Louis de Montefort’s 33 Day Consecration to Mary.  Borrowing also from Fr. Calloway’s recent consecration, each day is devoted to one of the aspects or titles given to St. Joseph, most of these titles coming from the Litany to St. Joseph.  For this reason, although it is not an part of this consecration, you can read Fr. Calloway’s Consecration to St. Joseph, alongside this consecration, but it is not an anticipated part.
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The consecration rests on the spiritual pillars of prayer, fasting and alms giving.  It consists primarily of daily prayers to St. Joseph, along with weekly acts of fasting and alms giving.  There is a daily recitation of the Litany of St. Joseph, one of several prayers from the tradition to St. Joseph and an act of consecration.  Each day is dedicated to a theme of St. Joseph, with an accompanying, short meditation to help open the significance of the particular title for Joseph.  These prayers and meditations constitute the essential elements of the consecration which must me completed.  To increase the fruit and benefits of the consecration, you are also encouraged, during the consecration, to:
      ✠  Receive the Sacrament of Confession each week, so that both the soul is cleansed and able to receive the graces most fully and also as a very practical way of asking St. Joseph to show us the areas in our life that we need his help most and where we can better follow his example;
      ✠  Make a noteworthy act of charity each week which could be a contribution to the Church or a quality charitable organization, to an individual in need, it could be time spent volunteering, making a meal for someone calling and speaking to someone isolated or with whom you haven’t spoken for a long period of time;
      ✠  Abstain from meat on Wednesdays (in addition to the ordinarily prescribed days of abstinence or fast).

How to
Make the Consecration​ ​

    ✠  Recite the daily prayers which include the Litany of St. Joseph, a prayer to St. Joseph from the tradition, and a daily act of consecration;
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     ✠  Receive the Sacrament of Confession each week, so that both the soul is cleansed and able to receive the graces most fully and also as a very practical way of asking St. Joseph to show us the areas in our life that we need his help most and where we can better follow his example;

      ✠  Make a noteworthy act of charity each week which could be a contribution to the Church or a quality charitable organization, to an individual in need, it could be time spent volunteering, making a meal for someone calling and speaking to someone isolated or with whom you haven’t spoken for a long period of time;

      ✠  Abstain from meat on Wednesdays (in addition to the ordinarily prescribed days of abstinence or fast).