Prayer For Careers
Prayer for Choosing a State of Life
From all eternity, O Lord, You planned my very existence and my destiny. You
wrapped me in Your love in baptism and gave me the Faith to lead me to an
eternal life of happiness with You. You have showered me with Your graces and
You have been always ready with Your mercy and forgiveness when I have fallen.
Now I beg You for the light I so earnestly need that I may find the way of life
in which lies the best fulfillment of Your will. Whatever state this may be,
give me the grace necessary to embrace it with love of Your holy will, as
devotedly as Your Blessed Mother did Your will. I offer myself to You now,
trusting in Your wisdom and love to direct me in working out my salvation and in
helping others to know and come close to You, so that I may find my reward in
union with You for ever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for Success in Work
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 many sins;
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, 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.
Prayer for the Sanctification of Labor
O God, the creator of all things, you framed the law of labor for the human
race. Graciously grant, by the example and patronage of St. Joseph, that we may
do the work you provide us and earn the reward you promise. Sustain us with your
grace to live up to our duties in charity and justice. Amen.
Prayer for Vocations
O God, you sent your Son, Jesus, to bring eternal life to those who believe. I
join him in praying for laborers for your harvest. May your Holy Spirit inspire
men and women to continue his mission through your priesthood, diaconate,
religious life and lay ministry. May this same Spirit make known your will for
my life.