Catholic Prayers
Before Work
O Lord Jesus Christ, Only-begotten Son of your eternal Father:
You have said with your holy lips: “Without Me, you can do nothing.”
My Lord, I embrace your words with my heart and soul,
and bow before your goodness and say:
Help me, your unworthy servant,
to complete this, my present undertaking,
in the name of the Father and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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.