Prayer to St. Joseph the Worker
Glorious
Saint Joseph, pattern of all who are devoted to toil, obtain for me the
grace to toil in the spirit of penance, in order thereby to atone for my
many sins; to toil conscientiously, putting devotion to duty before my own
inclinations; to labor with thankfulness and joy, deeming it an honor to
employ and to develop, by my labor, the gifts I have received from Almighty
God; to work with order, peace, moderation, and patience without ever shrinking
from weariness and difficulties; to work above all with a pure intention
and with detachment from self, having always before my eyes the hour of
death and the accounting which I must then render of time ill spent , of
talents unemployed, of good undone, and of my empty pride in success, which
is so fatal to the work of God. All for Jesus, all through Mary, all in
imitation of thee, O Patriarch Joseph! This shall be my motto in life and
in death.
Amen.