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St. Joseph,
PATRON OF WORKERS
glorious patriarch, St. Joseph, humble and just craftsman of Nazareth, you gave to all Christians, but particularly to us, an example of a perfect life of assiduous work and of admirable unity with Mary and Jesus Help us in our daily work so that we might find in it an effective means of glorifying our T, of sanctifying ourselves and of being useful to the society in which we
live
Obtain for us from our Lord, O beloved protector, humility and simplicity of heart, attachment to work, benevolence towards those who work with us, compliance with the divine will in the difficulties of this life and joy in bearing them, consciousness of our specific social mission and the sense of our social responsibility, a spirit of disci- pline and prayer, docility and respect for our superiors, fraternity towards our equals support in times of stress, charity and in- dulgence for our dependents
Help us to follow your example and to keep our sight fixed on our Mary our Mother, your gentle wife, who wove silently in a corner of your humble shop, smiling sweet- ly May we never avert our eyes from Jesus who worked with you at your carpenter's bench, so that we may in like manner lead peaceful and holy lives on earth, the pre- lude to the eternally happy one which awaits us in heaven for ever more. Amen.
POPE PIUS XII