Solemnity of Saint Joseph English / Latin Holy Mass

Entrance Song and Greeting
Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit. Optional: Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Priest: Dóminus vobíscum. People: Et cum spíritu tuo.

Penitential Rite / Confiteor
Priest: Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. Priest: Fratres, agnoscamus peccata nostra, ut apti simus ad sacra mystéria celebranda. All: I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. All: '''Confíteor Deo omnipotenti, et vobis, fratres, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo, ópere et omissione: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ídeo precor beatam Mariam semper Vírginem, omnes ángelos et sanctos, et vos, fratres, orare pro me ad ominum Deum nostrum.''' Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Priest: Misereatur nostri omnípotens Deus et, dimissis peccatis nostris, perducat nos ad vitam aeternam. People: Amen.

Glory To God in the Highest / Gloria
Priest: Glória in excélsis Deo '''Et in terra pax homínibus bonæ voluntátis. Laudámus te, benedícimus te, adorámus te, glorificámus te, grátias ágimus tibi propter magnam glóriam tuam, Dómine Deus, Rex cæléstis, Deus Pater omnípotens. Dómine Fili unigénite, Iesu Christe Dómine Deus, Agnus Dei, Fílius Patris, qui tollis peccáta mundi, miserére nobis; qui tollis peccáta mundi, súscipe deprecatiónem nostram. Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris, miserére nobis. Quóniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dóminus, tu solus Altíssimus, Iesu Christe, cum Sancto Spíritu: in glória Dei Patris. Amen.'''

Opening Prayer
Priest: '''Let us pray. Grant, we pray, almighty God, that by Saint Joseph's intercession your Church may constantly watch over the unfolding of the mysteries of human salvation, whose beginnings you entrusted to his faithful care. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.''' Priest: Oremus... People: Amen.

Liturgy of the Word - First Reading
Lector 1: '''A reading from the second Book of Samuel. The Lord spoke to Nathan and said: "Go, tell my servant David, 'When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom firm. It is he who shall build a house for my name. And I will make his royal throne firm forever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever.'" The Word of the Lord. ........Verbum Domini.''' People: Thanks be to God. People: Deo Gratias.

Responsorial Psalm
Cantor: The son of David will live for ever. People: The son of David will live for ever. Cantor: The promises of the Lord I will sing forever; through all generations of my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness, For you have said, "My kindness is established forever"; in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness. People: The son of David will live for ever. Cantor: "I have made a convenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant; Forever will I confirm your posterity and establish your throne for all generations." People: The son of David will live for ever. Cantor: "He shall say of me, 'You are my father, my God, the Rock, my savior.' Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him, and my covenant with him stands firm." People: The son of David will live for ever.

Second Reading
Lector 2: '''A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans. Brothers and sisters: It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith. For this reason, it depends on faith, so that it may be a gift, and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not to those who only adhere to the law but to those who follow the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us, as it is written, "I have made you father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist. He believed, hoping against hope, that he would become "the father of many nations," according to what was said, "Thus shall your descendants be." That is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." The Word of the Lord. ........Verbum Domini.''' People: Thanks be to God. People: Deo Gratias.

Gospel
Cantor: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory! People: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory! Cantor: Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord; they never cease to praise you. People: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory! Priest: The Lord be with you. Priest: Dóminus vobiscum. People: And with your spirit. People: Et cum spíritu tuo. Priest: + A reading from the holy gospel according to Matthew Priest: Léctio sancti Evangélii secundum ... People: + Glory to you, Lord. People: Glória tibi, Dómine.

'''Priest: Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. The Gospel of the Lord.''' '''Priest: ... Verbum Dómini.''' People: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. People: Laus tibi, Christe.

Prayers of the Faithful / General Intercessions
Priest: ... Cantor: ... People: Lord hear our prayer. Priest: '''... We ask this through Christ our Lord. People:  Amen.'''

Liturgy of the Eucharist
Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life. Priest: Benedíctus es, Dómine, Deus univérsi, quia de Tua largitáte accépimus panem, quem Tibi offérimus, fructum terræ et óperis mánuum hóminum: ex quo nobis fiet panis vitæ. People: Blessed be God for ever. People: Benedíctus Deus in sáecula. Priest: '''By the mystery of this ... share in our humanity.''' Priest: Benedíctus es, Dómine, Deus univérsi, quia de Tua largitáte accépimus vinum, quod Tibi offérimus, fructum vitis et óperis mánuum hóminum, ex quo nobis fiet potus spiritális. Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and work of human hands it will become our spiritual drink. Priest: Benedíctus es, Dómine, Deus univérsi, quia de Tua largitáte accépimus vinum, quod Tibi offérimus, fructum vitis et óperis mánuum hóminum, ex quo nobis fiet potus spiritális. People: Blessed be God for ever. People: Benedíctus Deus in sáecula. Priest: '''Lord God, we ask ... contrite hearts.''' Priest: Lord, wash away my iniquity; cleanse me from my sin. Priest: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. People: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands, for the praise and glory of his name, for our good, and the good of all his holy Church. Priest: '''We pray, O Lord, that, just as Saint Joseph served with loving care your Only Begotten Son, born of the Virgin Mary, so we may be worthy to minister with a pure heart at your altar. Through Christ our Lord.''' People: Amen.

Priest: Orate, fratres: ut meum ac vestrum sacrifícium acceptábile fiat apud Deum Patrem omnipotentem. People: Suscípiat Dóminus sacrifícium de mánibus tuis, ad laudem et glóriam nóminis sui, ad utilitatem quoque nostram, totiúsque Ecclésiae suae sanctae. People: Amen.

The Preface
Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit. Priest: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord. Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right and just. Priest: Dóminus vobíscum. People: Et cum spíritu tuo. Priest: Sursum corda. People: Habemus ad Dóminum. Priest: Grátias agamus Dómino Deo nostro. People: Dignum et iustum est. Priest: '''It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, and on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph to give you fitting praise, to glorify you and bless you. For this just man was given by you as spouse to the Virgin Mother of God and set as a wise and faithful servant in charge of your household to watch like a father over your Only Begotten Son, who was conceived by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him the Angels praise your majesty, Dominions adore and Powers tremble before you. Heaven and the Virtues of heaven and the blessed Seraphim worship together with exultation. May our voices, we pray, join with theirs in humble praise, as we acclaim:''' Priest: '''Vere dignum et iustum est, aequum et salutàre, nos tibi ... Et ìdeo cum Angelis et òmnibus Sanctis glòriam tuam praedicàmus, una voce dicèntes:'''

Holy, Holy, Holy / Sanctus
All: '''Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.''' All: '''Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra glória tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nómine Dómini. Hosanna in excelsis.'''

The Eucharistic Prayer
'''and all your Saints; admit us, we beseech you, into their company, not weighing our merits, but granting us your pardon, through Christ our Lord. Through whom you continue to make all these good things, O Lord; you sanctify them, fill them with life, bless them, and bestow them upon us.''' Priest: '''Unde et mémores, Dómine, nos servi tui, sed et plebs tua sancta, eiusdem Christi, Fílii Tui, Dómini nostri, tam beátae passionis, nec non et ab ínferis resurrectionis, sed et in caelos gloriosae ascensionis: offérimus praeclárae maiestati tuae de tuis donis ac datis, hóstiam puram, hóstiam sanctam, hóstiam immaculatam, Panem sanctum vitae aetérnae, et cálicem salutis perpétuae. Supra quae propítio ac sereno vultu respícere digneris: et accepta habere, sícuti accepta habere dignatus es múnera  púeri   tui   iusti   Abel, et sacrifícium patriáchae nostri Ábrahae, et quod tibi óbtulit sumus sacerdos tuus Melchísedech, sanctum sacrifícium, immaculatam hóstiam. Súpplices te rogámus, omnípotens Deus: iube haec perferri per manus sancti Ángeli tui in sublíme altare tuum, in conspectu divínae maiestatis tuae: ut, quotquot ex hac altaris participatione sacrosanctum Fílii Tui Corpus es Sánguinem sumpsérimus, omni benedictione caelesti et grátia repleamur. (Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.) Memento étiam, Dómine, famulorum famularúmque tuarum N. ... et N. ..., qui nos praecesserunt cum signo fídei, et dormiunt in somno pacis. Ipsis, Dómine, et ómnibus in Christo quiescéntibus, locum refrigérii, lucis et pacis, ut indúlgeas, deprecamur. (Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.) Nobis quoque peccatóribus fámulis tuis, de multitúdine miserationum tuarum sperántibus, partem áliquam et et societatem donare digneris, cum tuis sanctis Apóstolis et Martyribus: cum Ioanne, Stéphano, Matthia, Bárnaba [Ignátio, Alexandro, Marcellino, Petro, Felicitate, Perpétua, Ágatha, Lúcia, Agnete, Caecília, Anastásia,] et ómnibus Sanctis tuis: intra quorum nos consórtium, non aestimator mériti, sed véniae, quaesumus, largitor admitte. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Per quem haec ómnia, Dómine, semper bona creas, sanctíficas, vivíficas, benedicis, et praestas nobis.  Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.''' People: Amen. Priest: '''Per Ipsum, et cum Ipso, et in Ipso, est Tibi Deo Patri omnipotenti, in unitate Spíritus Sancti, omnis honor et glória. Per omnia saecula saeculórum.''' People: Amen.

Our Father / Pater Noster
Priest: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say: Priest: Praeceptis salutáribus móniti, et divina institutione formati, audemus dícere:

'''Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificétur nomen tuum; advéniat regnum tuum; fiat volúntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hódie; et dimitte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris; et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed líbera nos a malo.''' Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. People: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Priest: Líbera nos quaesumus, Dómine, ab ómnibus malis, da propítius pacem in diebus nostris, ut, ope misericórdiae tuae adiuti, et a peccato simus semper líberi et ab omni perturbatione, securi; exspectantes beatam spem et adventum Salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi. People: Quia tuum est regnum, et potestas, et glória in saecula. Priest: '''Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give you; look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign for ever and ever.''' People: Amen. Priest: '''Dómine Iesu Christe, qui dixisti Apóstolis tuis: "Pacem relinquo vobis, pacem meam do vobis": ne respícias peccata  nostra, sed fídem Ecclésiae tuae; eámque secundum voluntatem tuam pacificare et coadunare digneris. Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum.''' People: Amen. Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always. People: And with your spirit. Priest or Deacon: Let us offer each other the sign of peace. Priest: Pax Dómini sit semper vobiscum. People: Et cum spíritu tuo. Priest or Deacon: Offerte vobis pacem!

Lamb of God / Agnus Dei
People: Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona nobis pacem.

Lord, I Am Not Worthy / Domine non sum dignus
Priest: '''Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.''' Priest: '''Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccata mundi. Beati qui ad cenam Agni vocati sunt.'''

Priest: The Body and Blood of Christ. Communicant: Amen. Priest: Corpus et Sanguis Christi. Communicant: Amen.

Prayer After Communion
Priest: '''Let us pray. Defend with unfailing protection, O Lord, we pray, the family you have nourished with food from this altar, as they rejoice at the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, and graciously keep safe your gifts among them, Through Christ our Lord.''' Priest: '''Oremus. .... People: Amen.'''

The Concluding Rite / The Final Blessing
Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit. Priest: Dóminus vobiscum. People: Et cum spíritu tuo.