Glorious Saint Joseph,
you are the pattern of all who work. Obtain for me, please, the grace to work
conscientiously and to put devotion to duty before my selfish inclinations. Help
me to labor in thankfulness and joy, for it is an honor to employ and to develop
by my labor the gifts I have received from almighty God. Grant that I may work
in orderliness, peace, moderation and patience without shrinking from weariness
and difficulties. I offer my fatigue and perplexities as reparation for sin. I
shall 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
empty pride in success, which is so fatal to the work of God. For Jesus through
Mary, all in imitation of you, good Saint Joseph. This shall be my motto in life
and in death.
Amen.
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