Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker
Pope Pius XII established the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955, holding up the foster father of Jesus — a carpenter by trade — as a model of ordinary, faithful labor. Workers of every kind have prayed for his intercession ever since.
Saint Joseph, model of all who labor, obtain for me the grace to work in the spirit of penance, in order thereby to atone for my many sins. To work conscientiously, putting devotion to duty in first place. To work with thankfulness and joy, deeming it an honor to employ and to develop by my labor the gifts I have received from God. To work with order, peace, moderation, and patience, never shrinking from weariness and difficulties. Amen.
