As Sisters of St. Joseph we celebrate the feast of our patron on March 19 and take a break from Lent for festivities. Joseph is also the patron of the universal Church, so March 19 is a feast we can all claim. Joseph also gives us an example of an ordinary husband and father who faces extraordinary challenges. Here is a prayer to him.
Joseph, most ordinary, on this your feast,
help us listen to our dreams with compassion and openness as you did.
Help us stretch, hold, and deepen our relationships.
Open our embrace of the future
as you opened your arms to a child not your own.
In these hard times may we like you
dream compassionately, provide wisely,
and build community that can hold us together.
We ask this through Jesus, whom you claimed and named. Amen.
Keeping Faith Today 
Happy St. Joseph’s Day to you, too! I’ve written a post on it, to enlighten those who zoom from St. Patrick’s Day to Easter and miss St. Joseph altogether. 🙂
http://stacyallbritton.com/2013/03/19/the-feast-of-san-guiseppe/