Feast of Saints Philip and James the Lesser

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Fresco in Holy Trinity Parish Church in Schwarzenberg, by Angelica Kauffmann, 1757

Prayer to Saint Philip, the Apostle

O Glorious Saint Philip,
at the Last Supper
you said to Jesus,
“Lord, show us the Father
and it will be enough for us.”
Help us to make this our prayer
also and to seek God in all things.
Obtain for us the grace to know
the Father and Jesus Christ
whom he has sent – for in this does
eternal life consist.
Amen.

Fresco in Holy Trinity Parish Church in Schwarzenberg, by Angelica Kauffmann, 1757

Prayer to Saint James the Lesser, the Apostle

O Glorious Saint James, you were our Lord’s cousin
and at the same time his friend and follower.
You wrote that every good and perfect gift
comes to us from the Father and lights,
and that faith without works is useless.
You preached the divinity of Jesus
until your death as a martyr.
Obtain for us from the Father of lights
the great gift of a living faith
in Jesus’ divinity which will inspire us
to unstinting labor in the service of God
and our fellow human beings and
enable us to reach our heavenly destiny.
Amen.

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Jeremiah 32:18-19

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Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 32:18-19

Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker

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Christ in Jospeh’s Workshop, by Matteo Pagano, 1600’s

Prayer to St. Joseph,
Patron of Workers

Glorious Saint Joseph,
you are the pattern of all who work.
Obtain for me, please,
the grace to work conscientiously
and to put devotion to duty
before my selfish inclinations.
Help me to labor in thankfulness and joy,
for it is an honour to employ
and to develop by my labour the gifts
I have received from almighty God.
Grant that I may work in orderliness,
peace, moderation and patience
without shrinking from weariness and difficulties.
I offer my fatigue and perplexities
as reparation for sin.
I shall work, above all,
with a pure intention
and with detachment from self,
having always before my eyes
the hour of death
and the accounting
which I must then render of time ill-spent,
of talents unemployed,
of good undone,
and of empty pride in success,
which is so fatal to the work of God.
For Jesus through Mary,
all in imitation of you,
good Saint Joseph.
This shall be my motto in life and in death.
Amen.