A short night prayer focused on labor as vocation and stewardship, asking for honest work, fair wages, protection in daily life, and faithful care for creation. Includes a musical suggestion and prompts for personal reflection.
The evening prayer frames human labor as both gift and responsibility: work builds up or tears down what was entrusted to us.
Prayers ask for honest work, fair wages, protection while awake and rest while sleeping, and a special concern for those without jobs or rest.
The post invites personal reflection: name the work you do and consider the ‘fields and vineyards’ where you are called to sow, build, and nurture.
Night Prayer: SATURDAY 9/5 skip to main | skip to sidebar A Concord Pastor Comments Daily Prayer, Spirituality and Worship in the Roman Catholic Tradition 9/5/26 Night Prayer: SATURDAY 9/5 Praying on Labor Day weekend... O God, creator of the world, the sun, the moon and the stars, you chose to fashion us as your own, your handiwork of love... Indeed, we are your hands' own work but into our careless hands, you've placed the care of every living thing...
Open me, grow me, complete me… Inspire me, encourage me, embolden me… Heal me, mend me, repair me... Lest we harm the smallest part of all anything you've made, keep us faithful in preserving all you' ve given to our care... Whatever shape or form your labor takes, that's the labor we sing in the lyrics of this song.
Give those in need a job to do and to the tired. in your marriage, in your family and friendships? Posted by Concord Pastor at 3:41 PM No comments:
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