{"id":2612,"date":"2008-11-07T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/11\/a-prayer-for-the-unemployed.html"},"modified":"2008-11-07T10:09:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T10:09:00","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-unemployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/11\/a-prayer-for-the-unemployed.html","title":{"rendered":"A prayer for the unemployed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The headline of the day: Unemployment Rate Leaps to 6.5%, 14-year High. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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I suspect, in the months ahead, that number will get higher before it goes lower. \u00a0And so, a prayer:<\/div>\n
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O Saint Joseph, we pray to you for those who are out of work, for those who want to earn their living or support their families.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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You who are the patron of workers, grant that unemployment may vanish from our ranks;\u00a0<\/div>\n
that all those who are ready to work may put their strength and abilities in serving their fellowmen and earn a just salary.<\/div>\n
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You are the patron of families, do not let those who have children to support and raise lack the necessary means.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Have pity on our brothers and sisters held down in unemployment and poverty because of sickness or social disorders.<\/div>\n
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Help our political leaders and captains of industry find new and just solutions.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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May each and every one have the joy of contributing, according to his abilities, to the common prosperity by an honorable livelihood.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Grant that we may all share together in the abundant goods God has given us and that we may help underprivileged countries. Amen.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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— Catholic Prayerbook<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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