Novena for Work to St. Josemaria Escriva

During these times of economic crisis, many people have lost their jobs and face serious difficulties supporting their families. With his teaching about the sanctification of ordinary work, St. Josemaría is a natural intercessor for all those seeking work or anxious about losing their job.

This is a Novena for Work that thousands of people have used to ask St. Josemaría’s intercession for finding or keeping jobs. Use it yourself and send it along to any friends or relatives looking for work.

DOWNLOAD FREE COPY OF 9-DAY NOVENA (6-page PDF file)
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1st Day – Work As a Path to Holiness
2nd Day – Work Done for Love of God
3rd Day – Working With Order and Constancy
4th Day – Well-Finished Work
5th Day – All Honest Work Is Dignified
6th Day – Work Done In Company With God, and with Rectitude of Intention
7th Day – Maturing in Virtue Through Work
8th Day – Work as Service, a Help for Others
9th Day – Apostolate Through Work

Tomorrow, June 26, is the Feast of St. Josemaría

June 26th is the feast of St. Josemaría Escrivá, founder of OPUS DEI, whom Pope John Paul II called the Saint of Ordinary Life. St. Josemaría was an energetic herald of the message that all are called to holiness, and that for most, God is to be found in the ordinary circumstances of daily life in the middle of the world.

Aside from the timeliness for starting the Novena for Work tomorrow, you might also consider attending Holy Mass celebrating St. Josemaria’s feastday.
- Masses Around the United States
- Masses Around the Philippines
- Masses Around the World

Prayer for Saint Josemaría’s intercession

O God, through the mediation of Mary our Mother, you granted your priest St. Josemaría countless graces, choosing him as a most faithful instrument to found Opus Dei, a way of sanctification in daily work and in the fulfillment of the Christian’s ordinary duties. Grant that I too may learn to turn all the circumstances and events of my life into occasions of loving You and serving the Church, the Pope and all souls with joy and simplicity, lighting up the pathways of this earth with faith and love. Deign to grant me, through the intercession of St. Josemaría, the favor of … (make your request). Amen.
- Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.

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