Prayer For Employment St Joseph
Dear Saint Joseph, you were yourself once faced with the responsibility of providing the necessities of life for Jesus and Mary. Look down with fatherly compassion upon me in my anxiety over my present inability to support my family. Please help me to find gainful employment very soon, so that this heavy burden of concern will be lifted from my heart and that I am soon able to provide for those whom God has entrusted to my care. Help us to guard against bitterness and discouragement, so that we may emerge from this trial spiritually enriched and with even greater blessings from God. Amen.
O Glorious Saint 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 natural inclinations; to work with thankfulness and joy, considering it an honor to employ and develop by means of labor the gifts received from God; to work with order, peace, moderation and patience, never shrinking from weariness and trials; to work above all with purity of intention and detachment from self, keeping unceasingly before my eyes death and the account that I must give of time lost, talents unused, good omitted, and vain complacency in success, so fatal to the work of God.
Glorious St. Joseph,
model of all those who are devoted to labour,
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 labour,
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.
Glorious St. Joseph, a model of all that you must work with the sweat of your brow, obtain for me the grace to consider work as expiation, to satisfy so many sins. Make me work in conscience, preferring the faithful fulfillment of my duties to my capricious inclinations; make me work with gratitude and joy, putting all my effort and honor in taking advantage of and developing, through work, all the talents I have received from God.
Send me to work with tranquility, moderation, and patience without being afraid of fatigue and difficulties. Inspire me often with thoughts of death and of the account that I must render of lost time, of wasted talents, or omissions and of all vain complacency in successes obtained, so contrary to the honor of God. All according to your example,
Oh, Patriarch St. Joseph!
Amen.
Saint Joseph of Nazareth, you who ostentate in life, A job that allowed you to support your family, You who worked late only with the conviction of bringing bread To the table of those, you loved from the heart.
I, faithful servant of your actions, come today, To implore you to help me get a decent job. That will allow me to protect mine as you did in life.
Please listen to my prayers as I am in this moment, Homeless without a job to do.
Amen.
Silent and well-known carpenter in Nazareth, model of workers, by the work of your
hands you gave your contribution to the work of the Creator, you earned your living, and
you provided for the needs of the Holy Family. Intercede for all workers, in the
difficulties of their daily lives especially for the unemployed, in their anxieties for
tomorrow, so that through the guidance of God, the great Architect and Builder, they all
may use their strength and talents to make visible God's new creation, to offer a concrete
service to society, and to earn wages worthy of their efforts. With confidence and trust
we make this prayer thru Jesus. Amen.
Dear Saint Joseph, you were yourself once faced with the responsibility of providing the necessities of life for Jesus and Mary. Look down with fatherly compassion upon me in my anxiety over my present inability to support my family.
Please help me to find gainful employment very soon, so that this heavy burden of concern will be lifted from my heart and that I am soon able to provide for those whom God has entrusted to my care. Help us to guard against bitterness and discouragement, so that we may emerge from this trial spiritually enriched and with even greater blessings from God. Amen.
Dear Saint Joseph, you were yourself once faced with the responsibility of providing the necessities of life for Jesus and Mary. Look down with fatherly compassion upon me in my anxiety with my present inability to support my family. Please help me find gainful employment very soon, so that this great burden of concern will be lifted from my heart and that I am soon able to provide for those whom God has entrusted to my care. Help me guard against discouragement, so that I may emerge from this trial spiritually enriched and with even greater blessings from God. Amen.