PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH FOR THE DYING

At this time of plague, please place the souls who will die into the fatherly hands of Saint Joseph, patron of the dying. May they enjoy the death promised to those who die in Faith, shared with Saint Joseph, in the words of the Office Hymn for Lauds this morning :

O nimis felix, nimis o beátus,

Cuius extrémam vígiles ad horam

Christus et Virgo simul astitérunt

Ore seréno.

Blest beyond others, and exceeding blissful,

For when the moment of his death was nearing,

Jesus and Mary at his side were standing,

Soothing his spirit.

St Joseph, grant them a holy death.