Prayer for Labor Day
On this weekend, when we rest from our usual labors, loving Father, we pray for all who shoulder the tasks of human labor—in the marketplace, in the factories and that offices, in the professions, and in family living.
We thank you, Lord, for the gift and opportunity of work. We pray that our efforts may always be pure of heart, for the good of others, and for the glory of your name.
We lift up to you all who long for just employment and those who work to defend the rights and needs of workers everywhere.
May those who are now retired always remember that they still make a valuable contribution to our Church and to our world through prayers and through works of service and charity.
May our working and our resting give praise to you until the day we share together in eternal rest with all our departed in your Kingdom as you live and reign - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
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