{"id":16745,"date":"2015-09-02T01:01:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T06:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=16745"},"modified":"2015-09-02T04:28:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T09:28:05","slug":"prayer-for-the-need-of-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2015\/09\/02\/prayer-for-the-need-of-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Need of Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"

With confidence, present the Lord his need for a job<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Lord teaches us: “Live from the work of your hands, you will live happy and satisfied”.<\/p>\n

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. <\/span>Amen! <\/span>Dear Father, I have to support myself and my family. <\/span>Even before we ask, Lord, as we see in the Psalm, you already know that we need a job. <\/span>I know it’s your will to work, and I need a job to fulfill your desire.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am unemployed and in a bad financial situation. <\/span>This brings many annoyances: misunderstandings, revolts, malaise and offense. <\/span>I feel devalued, I do not feel like praying or doing other things.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, I realize how many times I complained about my job, my employer of my bosses, colleagues and my salary! <\/span>How many times I haven’t been exemplary in my tasks. I d<\/span>id it with anger and contempt, without worrying about the result. <\/span>I spoke badly of people and invented gossip, I have slandered, slandered you, but now I realize how badly I did! <\/span>I was not paid for it, but rather to perform my job with responsibility and to be worthy of the confidence of my bosses. <\/span>Today, I’m sorry and beg your pardon, Sir, by this evil that I’ve caused.<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to ask forgiveness for false witness, for the lies told in the past, for\u00a0misuse of the salary received, by the times I brought objects from work to my\u00a0house which is a form of robbery, the times covered my mistakes and those of others, for those times I was harming my employer, for the times when I used my time negligently and letting the laziness dominate me.<\/p>\n

Forgive me, Lord, I don’t want to be like that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How many times have I had the opportunity to pray and thank you for my job and I didn’t do it; <\/span>I preferred to complain, I was seized by evil. <\/span>How many times I believed more in envy, in pursuit, in supersticion, in spells than in thanks and power of God!<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, I’m sorry, Lord, and I want to get rid of everything that imprisons me and blocks my new job.<\/p>\n

I know that the job market is difficult, with few available slots. <\/span>But I know that the Lord will lead me to fulfill my needs and physical, mental and spiritual capacities.<\/span><\/p>\n

I ask now for my employers: that their needs can be met by my qualifications and association with them. <\/span>Help me be a blessing on the job you have in mind for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Your Providence, hold for me a post in which I can grow, prosper financially and, at the same time, realize my potential, to live my life in accordance to your wishes.<\/p>\n

When the doors open, guide me to which job should I get. In<\/span>\u00a0Your Providence, lead me to the ideas of office and workplace, knowing that, every day, to live as a worker in the vineyard of the Lord, a man of God is one who wants to take care of his family.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the outset, I thank you for this new job. <\/span>Praise your name forever. <\/span>Amen!<\/span><\/p>\n

Fr. <\/span>Vagner Baia<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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