A prayer for the day

Almighty God,

  at the beginnings of our salvation,

  when Mary conceived your Son and brought him forth in to the world,

  you placed them under Joseph’s watchful care.

May his prayer still help your Church

  to be an equally faithful guardian of your mysteries

  and a sign of Christ to mankind.

Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

This prayer has been taken from the Divine office of Terce