Our dear patron Saint Joseph Vaz: You were a person of great heart with a passionate zeal for Christ our Saviour in your life as a preacher of the Word of God.  Through your ardent efforts and spiritual gifts you brought people to Christ, changed the hearts of many, healed the sick, educated the disadvantaged, defended and aided the persecuted, comforted the afflicted, worked miracles in order to show the power of the name of Jesus. Help us to show the respect for the traditions, heritage, and cultures of those he evangelized and the trust and partnership with the Laity that he displayed in his mission work.

O God, through the intercession of Saint Joseph Vaz: Give us the discerning spirit and gifts of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Increase our faith and enable us to grow in virtues of prudence, justice temperance and fortitude. Send us angels full of love and affection.  Give us the strength to preserve Your creation, our common home and work for the sustainability of our planet.  Grant us the wisdom to work in unity to overcome the human faults of racism and casteism with the help of the grace of Jesus Christ and to do our part to remove social and economic inequalities, to assist the marginalized and abandoned, and to bring about peace, justice and harmony.

Make us generous disciples of Your Son to listen to the inner promptings of the Holy Spirit and thus to work for faith, justice and peace.

May Saint Joseph Vaz intercede for us in our life’s journey to imitate our Master and Lord Jesus.

May Saint Joseph Vaz be our inspiration and model in our earthly life to be part of the Reign of God.

O Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us and for Your Son Jesus’ Blessing on all humanity that we may become united as one family in the love of Christ. Amen

Say the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be to the Father.