O God, in Your loving providence, You were pleased to choose St. Joseph as guardian and protector of Jesus and Mary. Grant, we beg You, that we may be worthy to have him as our intercessor in heaven whom we, at Saint Cecilia, have long venerated as our protector. We implore his help especially as we plan and seek the means to build at our Motherhouse. We ask this so that we might continue to live our Dominican life in its fullness and depth, for the glory of God and the good of His Church.