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PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH
THE WORKMAN
Composed by Pope St. Pius X
O 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 natural inclinations, to work
with gratitude and joy, in a spirit of penance for the remission of my sins, 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, without ever shrinking
from weariness and difficulties, to work above all with purity of intention and detachment from self, having always death
before my eyes and the account that 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 through Mary, all after thine example, O Patriarch, St. Joseph. Such
shall be my watch-word in life and in death. Amen.
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