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San Giuseppe, ora pro nobis
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May 1st is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, spouse of the Blessed Mother and foster father of the Infant Jesus. He is also honored on March 19th. In addition to being the protector of the family and Universal Church, St. Joseph is invoked against Communism and for the grace of a happy death. As his title indicates, he is also the patron saint of workers, and it is his patronage of working men and women that is celebrated today.
In celebration, I'm posting St. Pius X's prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker. The accompanying photo was taken at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Belleville, New Jersey. Evviva San Giuseppe!
Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker
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 labour, 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.
