A Novena to St Joseph : Day 5 - The Circumcision

 5) The circumcision

The Circumcision. Barocci. 

Who, as for human kind was meet,

Enduring circumcision,

Was called Jesus; Name most sweet!

In token of His mission. Hail Mary.

Qui iuxta ritum hominis

passus circumcisione;

Dulcis Iesu nominis

cepit impositionem. Ave Maria.

Who, in accordance with the rite of man, underwent circumcision; He accepted being given the sweet name of Jesus.

Gospel account

After eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel, before he was conceived in the womb. [Luke II]

Notes

The table below presents some interesting points of similarity between our Lord and His foster-father:

Joseph	Jesus
Hebrew יוֹסֵף‎ Yoséf, “God will add”;	"God will save", from (1) יה (yah), the name of the Lord, and (2) the verb ישע (yasha'), to save.
First born son of Jacob (“May God protect” or “heel”), son of Mathan	First born Son of God, first-born of Mary (who is linked to the image of a heel, as in Genesis iii 15[1] and in I Kings xviii 44) and adopted son of Joseph.
Descendant of King David	Descendant of King David
Circumcised	Circumcised
Carpenter	Carpenter
Spouse most chaste of the Blessed Virgin	Spouse most chaste of the Bride of Christ
Died in the presence of Mary (trad)	Died in the presence of Mary

[1] I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.[Genesis iii 15]

Adoremus in æternum Sanctissimum Infantem!

Prayer asking St Joseph to be one's companion and guide in this life

Oratio, ut S. Ioseph in via vitae huius ducem et comitem impetremus.

 

O SAINT JOSEPH, just as thou as father and mentor didst most faithfully guide Jesus Christ during His boyhood and adolescence through His journeys in this life, I beseech thee to assist me in the wanderings of my life as just such a companion and guide. Never permit me to turn aside from the path of God's commandments. Be for me a protection in adversity, and a solace in hardship, until I finally arrive in the land of the living, where I may rejoice forever with thee, with the most holy spouse Mary, and with all the saints in my God Jesus. Amen.

O S. IOSEPH! qui tanquam pater et manuductor Christum Iesum in pueritia et iuventute per omnes peregrinationis humanæ vias fidelissime deduxisti: et mihi obsecro in vitae meæ peregrinatione tanquam comes et ductor assiste, nec unquam permitte me a via mandatorum Dei declinare; sis in adversis præsidium, in ærumnis solatium, donec tandem ad terram viventium perveniam, ubi tecum et sanctissima sponsa tua Maria, omnibusque Sanctis æternum in Deo Iesu meo exultem. Amen.

 

Totus tuus ego sum

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:

Ad Jesum per Mariam.