# Prayer to Saint Joseph for Workers Glorious St Joseph! Model of all those who are devoted to labor, obtain for me the grace to work in a spirit of penance for the expiration of my many sins; to work conscientiously, setting devotion to duty above my own inclinations, to work with thankfulness and joy, considering it an honor to employ and develop by work the gifts received from God; to work with order, peace, moderation and patience, never shrinking from weariness and trials to work especially with pure intentions and detachment from self, keeping unceasingly before my eyes death and the account I must give for time lost, talents unused, good omitted and vain complacency in success, so fatal to the work of God. All for Jesus, all through Mary, all in imitation of you, O Patriarch Joseph; such shall be my motto in life and in death Amen. --- Source: [Year of St. Joseph](https://yearofstjoseph.org/devotions/prayers/). Accessed 2025-05-12. <!-- prayer-nav --> --- ← [[prayer-to-st-anthony-for-family|Prayer to Saint Anthony for Family]] | [[devotions-saints|😇 Devotions to the Saints]] | [[prayer-to-st-joseph-workers|A Worker's Prayer to St. Joseph]] →