Novena for work with St Josemaría Escriva

Whether you wish to pray to find work or to pray to do a good job, join this novena!

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Why pray this novena

St Josemaría Escrivá and Opus Dei are known for their reflections on work and their desire to be Holy through their work. Who better then to lead you in prayer for or to better work?

The programme

For nine days pray! 🙏

Day 1: Work as a path to holiness

Day 2: Work done for love of God

Day 3: Working with order and constancy

Day 4: Well-finished work

Day 5: All honest work is dignified

Day 6: Work done in company with God, and with rectitude of intention. 

Day 7: Maturing in virtue through work 

Day 8: Maturing in virtue through work 

Day 9: Apostolate through work

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Saint Josemaría Escrivá

Saint Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975), a Spanish priest, founded Opus Dei in 1928. Even during his lifetime he had a reputation for holiness, which continued to grow around the world after his death. Many people have testified to having obtained spiritual and material favours through his intercession, including medically inexplicable cures. He was declared a saint by saint John Paul II in 2002. The feast day of Saint Josemaría is 26 June.

Opus Dei

Opus Dei is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. Its mission is to help people to live a fully Christian life through their daily commitments and occupations, spreading the Christian message that all men and women are called to holiness. This means following Jesus, loving him and imitating him in everything throughout the day and in all the circumstances of daily life.

Since holiness is achieved with God's help and our continued commitment, Opus Dei offers support and guidance to all who wish to aim at holiness in their ordinary lives, especially through their everyday work. 

Any work, if carried out in the spirit of Christ, competently and honestly, and with the aim of loving God and serving others, can be sanctified. What matters is the love that is put into work, not its human importance.

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Prayer from the novena

Prayer to Saint Josemaría

O God, through the mediation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, you granted countless graces to your priest Saint Josemaría, choosing him as a most faithful instrument to found Opus Dei, a way to holiness through daily work and the ordinary duties of a Christian. Grant that I also may learn to turn all the circumstances and events of my life into opportunities to love you and serve the Church, the Pope and all souls, with joy and simplicity, lighting up the paths of the earth with faith and love. Through the intercession of Saint Josemaría, please grant me the favor I request ... (here make your petition). Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...