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传统上用以预备三月十九日圣若瑟瞻礼的七周祈祷，或许已悄然流逝。然而圣若瑟的心扉永远为我们敞开。不必追悔过往，让我们善用瞻礼前尚存的时日。在天主慈悲的计划中，凡发自内心的真诚祈祷，永不嫌迟。让我们将这些最后的时刻献给他，他必将这些时日——连同我们自身——呈于圣子面前。

七苦七乐敬礼邀请我们走近这位谦卑的义人，学习全然信靠天主的真谛。在他生命的每个奥迹中，我们都看见同一真理：真正的喜乐，生于以信德拥抱痛苦之时。

第一端：当圣若瑟察觉玛利亚怀孕时的忧苦（玛1:19），因天使启示胎儿乃圣神所孕而转为喜乐（玛1:20）。

第二端：客栈无空房的悲伤（路2:7），因目睹牧人与贤士朝拜新生君王而化为喜乐（玛2:11）。

第三端：行割损礼时的心痛（路2:21），因亲口呼求那由天赐下的圣名——拯救万民的耶稣——而满心喜乐（玛1:21）。

第四端：西默盎预言如利剑刺心（路2:34-35），却因听见婴孩被称为“启示异邦的光明，祢百姓以色列的荣耀”而欢欣（路2:32）。

第五端：突获逃往埃及的谕令，何其沉重（玛2:13），却亲眼看见生活的天主亲临埃及，倾覆异邦偶像（依19:1）。

第六端：归途听闻阿尔赫劳继位时的忧惧（玛2:22），终在纳匝肋安居，与耶稣和玛利亚共度圣家宁静岁月时，重获内心平安与喜乐（路2:39）。

第七端：三日寻子不得的锥心之痛（路2:44-45），终在圣殿寻获时化作无上喜乐——这瞬间让他预尝了主复活的荣耀（路2:46）。

让我们祈祷：天主，祢拣选圣若瑟作为童贞玛利亚的净配，并立他为圣家之首，守护祢圣子耶稣。求使我们今生蒙他护佑，来日得他引领，同享天乡永福。

大圣若瑟，藉着您所有的苦乐，求您教导我们全心信靠天主的旨意。而今为我们转求，尤其在我们临终时刻，求您护佑我们安然离世，获享天国永生，与您和诸圣共赞天主，于无穷世。圣若瑟，救世主之守护者，为我等祈。阿们。

English Version :

The seven weeks of prayer with which the Church traditionally prepares us for the feast of Saint Joseph on March 19 may have quietly slipped away. Yet Saint Joseph's heart remains wide open. Let us not dwell on what is past; instead, let us make good use of the days still left before his feast. In God's merciful plan, no sincere prayer is ever offered too late. Come, let us offer these final moments to him, and he will present them—and us—to his Son.

The devotion of the Seven Sorrows and Seven Joys invites us to walk with this humble and just man, learning from him what it means to trust completely in God. In every mystery of his life, we see the same truth: true joy is born when we embrace sorrow with faith.

First Sorrow and Joy: His anguish when he discovered Mary's pregnancy (Mt 1:19) turned to joy when the angel revealed that the child was conceived by the Holy Spirit (Mt 1:20).

Second Sorrow and Joy: His sorrow at finding no room at the inn (Lk 2:7) turned to joy as he witnessed the shepherds and the Magi coming to worship the newborn King (Mt 2:11).

Third Sorrow and Joy: His heart was pierced at the circumcision (Lk 2:21), yet he was filled with joy when he spoke the name given from heaven—Jesus, the Savior of all people (Mt 1:21).

Fourth Sorrow and Joy: Simeon's prophecy cut through his soul like a sword (Lk 2:34-35), yet he rejoiced hearing this child called "a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel" (Lk 2:32).

Fifth Sorrow and Joy: The sudden command to flee to Egypt was a heavy sorrow (Mt 2:13), yet he saw with his own eyes how the living God came into Egypt and brought down its idols (Is 19:1).

Sixth Sorrow and Joy: Fear of Archelaus troubled him on the journey home (Mt 2:22), but his joy returned when he settled in Nazareth, living quietly with Jesus and Mary in the peace of the Holy Family (Lk 2:39).

Seventh Sorrow and Joy: His greatest sorrow was losing Jesus for three long days (Lk 2:44-45), but his sorrow turned to overwhelming joy when he found him in the Temple—a moment that gave him a foretaste of the glory of the Lord's Resurrection (Lk 2:46).

Let us pray:

O God, who chose Saint Joseph as the spouse of the Virgin Mary and guardian of your Son, grant that we may have him as our intercessor in heaven. Through all his sorrows and joys, good Saint Joseph, teach us to trust in God's plan. Pray for us now, and especially at the hour of our death, so that we may pass from this life to the joy of heaven, where with you and all the saints we will praise God forever and ever.

Saint Joseph, Guardian of the Redeemer, pray for us. Amen.

——由马尼拉岷伦洛的华人至圣玫瑰圣母堂Henry Go信友供稿