...where then is my hope?
Who will see my hope? - Job 17:15
"Do not be afraid to give reasons
for the hope that dwells in you,
a hope that has a concrete name:
Jesus Christ!
This hope must be transmitted
to your contemporaries,
helping them to seek, offering them
authentic friendship and acceptance,
leading them to discover
the great gift of the Eucharist."
St. John Paul II
Meeting with youth, Roma
9 October 2004
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St Paul Street Evangelization team member, Fred Ford, shares the Catholic faith on the streets (Miami)
Photographer: Anne Dibernardo/FC For more info: St. Paul Street Evangelization
Photographer: Anne Dibernardo/FC For more info: St. Paul Street Evangelization
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Most merciful Father, thank you for this day of work with all its achievements as well as its burdens. Thank you for all the successes, the challenges, and even the difficulties that it brought to me. Your Son once said to His Apostles, "Come by yourselves to an out-of-the-way place and rest a little." Thank you for this gift of rest. May this time be a chance for me to renew my gratitude for all your blessings. In your great compassion and generosity, please be mindful of those who are out of work. And help me to do a better job tomorrow. I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
LABOR DAY
American and Canadian Federal Holiday
First Monday in September
"Work is not only good in the sense that it is useful or
something to enjoy; it is also good as being something worthy,
that is to say, something that corresponds to man's dignity,
that expresses this dignity and increases it. ...
Work is a good thing for man - a good thing for his humanity
- because through work man not only transforms nature,
adapting it to his own needs, but he also achieves fulfillment
as a human being and indeed in a sense becomes
'more a human being.'"- St JP II, Laborem Exercens #9
Prayer after Work by Fr. Peter John Cameron, o.p.
From Blessing Prayers
© Magnificat – Used with permission.
Most merciful Father, thank you for this day of work with all its achievements as well as its burdens. Thank you for all the successes, the challenges, and even the difficulties that it brought to me. Your Son once said to His Apostles, "Come by yourselves to an out-of-the-way place and rest a little." Thank you for this gift of rest. May this time be a chance for me to renew my gratitude for all your blessings. In your great compassion and generosity, please be mindful of those who are out of work. And help me to do a better job tomorrow. I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St Joseph, patron of the Worker, pray for us!
