Prayer When Starting a New Job
Sep 28
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Updated: Oct 3
A new job brings excitement and nerves in equal measure: new faces, new skills, and the hope of doing well. Offering the first day to God is a simple way to make the whole job a path to holiness. Pray this before your first day, on your commute, or at your desk before the work begins.
The Prayer
Almighty God, Lord of the harvest, I thank You for this new work and for the door You have opened before me. Every good gift comes from You, and I receive this one with gratitude. As I begin, I offer You my first day and every day to come: my efforts, my learning, my mistakes, and my successes. Give me a willing spirit and a teachable heart. Help me to learn quickly, to listen well, and to do my work honestly and carefully, as if for You and not for men. Bless my new employer, my colleagues, and all whom I will serve. Let me be a good companion to those I work beside: patient with their faults, generous with my help, slow to gossip, and quick to encourage. Guard me from pride when things go well and from discouragement when they do not. Keep me faithful to my conscience, and never let ambition crowd out my duty to my family or my love for You. St. Joseph, carpenter of Nazareth, you worked with your hands to provide for Jesus and Mary. Teach me to sanctify my labor, to keep holy the Lord's Day, and to see in ordinary tasks a path to holiness. May the work of my hands give You glory, support those who depend on me, and serve the common good. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Suggested saint: St. Joseph the Worker. A short morning offering each workday keeps the whole job in God's hands.
About this prayer: This is an original prayer written for Daily Catholic Prayers. It is not a traditional text and is not attributed to any saint. You are welcome to pray it and share it.
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