{
  "metadata": {
    "id": "prayer-to-st-joseph",
    "title": "Prayer to St. Joseph",
    "primary_category": "saints",
    "labels": ["saints", "joseph", "common", "st-joseph"],
    "importance": "common",
    "type": "prayer",
    "description": "A prayer to St. Joseph, patron of the universal Church, families, and workers",
    "origin": "Traditional Catholic prayer to St. Joseph, widely used in devotional practice",
    "origin_date": "~1800",
    "usage": "Recited for St. Joseph's intercession, especially for protection of families, workers, and the Church",
    "feast_days": ["st-joseph"],
    "devotions": ["st-joseph-devotions"],
    "created_date": "2025-10-20",
    "last_modified": "2025-10-20"
  },
  "translations": {
    "la": {
      "language": "Latin",
      "text": "Ad te, beate Ioseph, in tribulatione nostra confugimus, atque, implorato Unigeniti tui Iesu auxilio, paterna tua intercessione confidimus.\n\nPer eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.",
      "notes": "Traditional Latin version of the Prayer to St. Joseph"
    },
    "en": {
      "language": "English",
      "text": "To thee, O blessed Joseph, do we fly in our tribulation, and having implored the help of thy holy Son, we confidently invoke thy patronage also.\n\nThrough the same Christ our Lord. Amen.",
      "notes": "Common English translation"
    },
    "es": {
      "language": "Spanish",
      "text": "A ti, oh bienaventurado José, acudimos en nuestra tribulación, y después de haber implorado el auxilio de tu Santísimo Hijo, con confianza invocamos también tu patrocinio.\n\nPor el mismo Cristo nuestro Señor. Amén.",
      "notes": "Spanish Catholic version"
    },
    "fr": {
      "language": "French",
      "text": "À toi, ô bienheureux Joseph, nous recourons dans notre tribulation, et après avoir imploré l'aide de ton Fils très saint, nous invoquons avec confiance aussi ton patronage.\n\nPar le même Christ notre Seigneur. Amen.",
      "notes": "French Catholic version"
    },
    "de": {
      "language": "German",
      "text": "Zu dir, o seliger Josef, fliehen wir in unserer Bedrängnis, und nachdem wir die Hilfe deines heiligsten Sohnes erfleht haben, erflehen wir vertrauensvoll auch deinen Schutz.\n\nDurch denselben Christus unseren Herrn. Amen.",
      "notes": "German Catholic version"
    },
    "it": {
      "language": "Italian",
      "text": "A te, o beato Giuseppe, ricorriamo nella nostra tribolazione, e dopo aver implorato l'aiuto del tuo Santissimo Figlio, con fiducia invochiamo anche il tuo patrocinio.\n\nPer lo stesso Cristo nostro Signore. Amen.",
      "notes": "Italian Catholic version"
    },
    "pt": {
      "language": "Portuguese",
      "text": "A ti, ó bem-aventurado José, recorremos na nossa tribulação, e depois de termos implorado o auxílio de teu Santíssimo Filho, com confiança invocamos também o teu patrocínio.\n\nPelo mesmo Cristo nosso Senhor. Amen.",
      "notes": "Portuguese Catholic version"
    },
    "pl": {
      "language": "Polish",
      "text": "Do Ciebie, o błogosławiony Józefie, uciekamy się w naszej udręce, a po wezwaniu pomocy Twojego Najświętszego Syna, z ufnością wzywamy również Twojej opieki.\n\nPrzez tegoż Chrystusa Pana naszego. Amen.",
      "notes": "Polish Catholic version"
    }
  }
}