Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer to St. Joseph for Those Devoted to Labor
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Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Francis Xavier Lasance, page 750.
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- Pray Prayer to St. Joseph for Those Devoted to Labor, a Catholic prayer before work from a 1911 edition. Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are…
- Often prayed for
- st joseph, labor, and work
- When to pray
- This prayer may be used during the day and at any time.
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- English
Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work in a spirit of penance for the expiation of my many sins; to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my inclinations; to work with gratitude and joy, considering it an honor to employ and develop, by means of labor, the gifts received from God.
Obtain for me the grace to work with order, peace, moderation, and patience, without ever recoiling before weariness or difficulties; to work, above all, with purity of intention and with detachment from self, having always death before my eyes and the account which I must render of time lost, of talents wasted, of good omitted, of vain complacency in success, so fatal to the work of God.
All for Jesus, all for Mary, all after thy example, O patriarch Joseph. Such shall be my watchword in life and in death. Amen.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer to St. Joseph for Those Devoted to Labor
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Francis Xavier Lasance, page 750.
Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work in a spirit of penance for the expiation of my many sins; to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my inclinations; to work with gratitude and joy, considering it an honor to employ and develop, by means of labor, the gifts received from God.
Obtain for me the grace to work with order, peace, moderation, and patience, without ever recoiling before weariness or difficulties; to work, above all, with purity of intention and with detachment from self, having always death before my eyes and the account which I must render of time lost, of talents wasted, of good omitted, of vain complacency in success, so fatal to the work of God.
All for Jesus, all for Mary, all after thy example, O patriarch Joseph. Such shall be my watchword in life and in death. Amen.
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