Sleeping St. Joseph Statue

How to Pray with THIS SLeeping SAINT Joseph STATUE

• Keep your Sleeping St. Joseph figurine on your night stand or in a special place.
• Each evening, write down your prayer request and your concerns.
• Place your note under the Sleeping Saint Joseph figure.
• While you sleep, St. Joseph will intercede for your needs & ensure your protection

Pope Francis’ Personal Devotion to Sleeping St. Joseph

“I would also like to tell you something very personal. On my table I have an image of Saint Joseph sleeping. Even when he is asleep, he is taking care of the Church! So when I have a problem, a difficulty, I write a little note and I put it underneath Saint Joseph, so that he can dream about it! In other words I tell him: pray for this problem! But like Saint Joseph, once we have heard God’s voice, we must rise from our slumber; we must get up and act.” – Pope Francis

“Even when St. Joseph is asleep, he is taking care of the Church!” – Pope Francis

Why Do We Pray To Sleeping St. Joseph?

God Speaks Through Dreams:

In the Gospel of Matthew, God spoke to Joseph in his dreams four times. Each time, Joseph responded to God’s call, ensuring the protection of the Holy Family. In dreams, when he is most quiet, God tells St. Joseph to take Mary as his wife. It is to Joseph that God reveals the name of the Son of Man, Jesus. God speaks to Joseph again in his dream following the birth of Jesus, telling him to take the Holy Family and flee into Egypt so as to escape Herod. God speaks to Joseph again when the threat has abated and it is safe for the Holy Family to return to their home in Nazareth.

While God doesn’t normally speak to us so directly and in such a dramatic fashion, he very often speaks to us in times of silence. For it is in these moments that both the world around us and our inner soul are most calm and we focus solely on God.

It is not enough to simply be a dreamer. After each of Joseph’s dreams, he immediately got up and lived his faith, even if this meant uprooting his family and fleeing to safety. While we should always listen in the silence for God’s words on our heart, we must also act on what God tells us. We must follow the example of St. Joseph and live our faith each and every day.

St. Joseph Teaches Us to Rest: 

That is, to sleep as you rest in the Lord. It is in dreams that Joseph finds a place to seek truth because when we rest, we cannot defend ourselves against the truth.  God is truth, and He delivers his truth through dreams. May we make time for ourselves to rest and to be open to God’s truth.

May the Sleeping St Joseph statue remind us to listen to God’s call both in our wake and in our sleep. Through this devotion, we join Pope Francis’ nightly prayer to St. Joseph to protect our loved ones and the world. While we sleep, St. Joseph will intercede for our prayer intentions and watch over our loved ones.

Prayer to Sleeping St Joseph

O, Saint Joseph, you are a man greatly favored by the Most High. The angel of the Lord appeared to you in dreams, while you slept, to warn you and guide you as you cared for the Holy Family. You were both silent and strong, a loyal and courageous protector.

O Saint Joseph, as you rest in the Lord, confident of His absolute power and goodness, look upon me. Please take my need (mention your request) into your heart, dream of it, and present it to your Son. Help me then, good Saint Joseph, to hear the voice of God, to arise, and act with love. Amen!