ST. JOSEPH DEVOTEES PRAYERS - MONDAY

PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH FOR SUCCESS IN WORK

FOR WORKERS

(Pope St. Piux X: Prayer to St. Joseph for Success in Work)

Glorious St. Joseph, model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work conscientiously, putting the call of duty above my many sins; to work with thankfulness and joy, considering it an honour to employ and develop, by means of labor, the gifts received from God; to work with order, peace, prudence and patience, never surrendering to 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 motto in life and death. Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

Saint Joseph, father and protector of Jesus Christ, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Mother of God, powerful protector of the Holy Church, to you do I raise my heart and hands to implore your powerful intercession. You searched nothing else in this world but the glory of God and the good of others. You gave yourself completely to the Saviour; it was cause for joy to pray, to work, to sacrifice yourself, to suffer, to die for Him. You were unknown in this world even though Jesus knew you very well, He would look at your simple and hidden life with complacency.

Saint Joseph, you have helped so many people so far I come to you with great trust. In the light of God, you can see what misses me, you know my worries, my difficulties, my sorrow. I commend to your fatherly solicitude this specific task ..... (add your request). I am placing it in your hands that saved child-Jesus. Ask for the grace to never separate me from Jesus by the mortal sin, to know Him and love Him even more and His blessed Mother, to always live in the presence of God, to do anything for His glory and the good of other souls, and one day, to reach the beatific vision of God to praise Him eternally with you. Amen.

OUR FATHER...... HAIL MARY......X3 GLORY BE..........

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