Over the past several weeks , I’ve received prayer requests from unemployed people and people who are about to lose their jobs before the end of this year. We’ve included these requests in our daily prayers , offered masses for their intentions in our parish church and requested the Capuchine Sisters to include these requests in their daily prayers and masses as well. For these people facing anxiety and depression because of employment problems , I would like to offer them a Prayer for Employment at the bottom of this post . To all who requested prayers for their employment problems and to others who are facing the same predicament ,  may the Good Lord guide and bless you in finding a new source of livelihood .

 “Bless, 0 Lord of the centuries and the millennia, the daily work by which men and women provide bread for themselves and their loved ones. We also offer to your fatherly hands the toil and sacrifices associated with work, in union with your Son Jesus Christ, who redeemed human work from the yoke of sin and restored it to its original dignity.

- Pope John Paul II
   

God, our Father, I turn to you seeking your divine help and guidance as I look for suitable employment.
I need your wisdom to guide my footsteps along the right path, and to lead me to find the proper things to say and do in this quest. I wish to use the gifts and talents you have given me, but I need the opportunity to do so with gainful employment.
Do not abandon me, dear Father, in this search, but rather grant me this favor I seek so that I may return to you with praise and thanksgiving for your gracious assistance.
Grant this through Christ, our Lord.  Amen