St. Joshua, successor of Moses who led the Israelites into the Promised Land, thus forshadowing the savior whose name you share*, pray for Josh as he prepares for Holy Orders. May he be a brave leader of people just as you were, and, just as you did, may he always follow God faithfully, even when others might lead him astray.

Amen

*The English name Joshua is a rendering of the Hebrew language "Yahoshua", meaning "Yahweh is salvation". The vocalization of the second name component may be read as Hoshea - the name used in the Torah before Moses added the divine name (Numbers 13:16).

"Jesus" is the English of the Greek transliteration of "Yahoshua" via Latin. In the Septuagint, all instances of the word "Yahoshua" are rendered as "Ἰησοῦς" (Iēsoūs), the closest Greek pronunciation of the Aramaic "Yeshua" (Hebrew word #3443 in Strong's, Nehemiah 8:17). Thus in Greek Joshua is called "Jesus son of Nun" (τοῦ Ναυή) to differentiate him from Jesus Christ. This is also true in the Slavic languages following the Eastern Orthodox tradition (e.g. "Иисус Навин" (Iisús Navín) in Russian).

Find more about St. Joshua here.