A few weeks ago, I shared a story of a mother who taught in the elementary school in her community for more than a decade, but was laid off along with other teachers at the end of the last school year. Being laid off from the work she loved was devastating. She never saw it coming because she thought that her love of what she did translated into job security. She was very good with the kids, but she embraced her condition with hope and trust in God. She has since been hired as a substitute teacher while she continues to search for a full time position.
She knows the job market is stalled. Not a lot of jobs have been added in recent times. At the National Shrine of St. Jude, many devotees have requested prayers for themselves and their loved ones who are out of work and searching, for the most part, a non-existing job vacancy. Yet, there are still bills to pay, and for family with children, the challenge of feigning for their family is digging a deep hole into the unity, peace and harmony of family life. Many family relationships have been strained as resources grow thinner and thinner, and in many cases, they depend on the generosity of others to get by. As frustration heightens, the seed of discord is sowed. As hiring remains slow, those who are affected by the state of the job market can take an example from the laborers hired at the eleventh hour (Matt. 20:6).
These laborers were the last to be hired by the landowner, pretty much, when hope of being hired was waning. On the contrary, they were patient; they didn’t give up hope; they were determined not to give up on getting a job to do, and indeed they landowner found them and put them to work. Ultimately, they were patient, trusting that with God’s help they will be hired. Those who put their trust in God, in times of undesirable circumstances, shall never be disappointed (Psalm 125:1). The security, confidence and protection they have in God is like the mountains that surrounds Jerusalem (Psalm 125:2). The landowner in this week’s Gospel showed extraordinary generosity towards all the employees. The sweeping generous love of God aids us to weather the stormy joblessness that is causing many individuals and families a lot of pain and anxiety. If we remain steadfast in hope and unwavering in our patience, this current situation will not come between us and the love and companionship of God (Rom. 8:38-39). At the National Shrine of St. Jude we remain united in prayer with the unemployed or underemployed, trusting that everyone will soon return to the job of his or her dream by the help of God. Join us in prayer.
Father Ferdinand Okorie, C.M.F.
National Shrine of St. Jude
Chicago, Illinois
Oh Dear St Jude Tom Is gettining so depressed as no jobs are coming forth and he needs one bad. Please St Jude find him a job near our grandbabies one that will fulfill his needs
St Jude please intercede to Our Lord and bring and show peace soon please let it be ok this weekend and answer my heart’s desire soon in Jesus’ name amen
ST. JUDE NOVENA
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, help of the hopeless, pray for us.
Say this prayer 9 times a day. Say it for 9 days. By the 8th day your prayer will be answered. It has never been known to fail. Publication must be promised.
Blessed St. Jude, please watch over and protect J.N. as he undergoes medical tests next week. Please let him get an excellent report and not have any tumors or cancer or any other life-threatening illness. Please make him well again. I will forever be grateful.
Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the past I have asked for many favors. This time I ask for a very special one. (Here mention your request.) Take it, dear Jesus, and place it within your own broken heart, where your Father sees it. Then, in his merciful eyes it will become your favor and not mine. Amen.
Say for three days and promise to publish.
St. Jude plese do intercede to Jesesus for my husband Brian that he maybe blessed with a very good job as he has been jobless for almost 10 months He is at the moment in the middle |East in search of a job..Hear our prayer In Jesus name
Dear St. Jude,
Please intercede on my behalf. I have received my last check and have no work yet. My family is in a financial bind already. Please pray for us whom are effected my their exhausted benefits that we may receive additional payments until we find employmnet. Amen
Dear St. Jude, kindly help my husband who is being challenged at work with a difficult project. Many people are counting on him. He needs relief today. Please give him some clarity today to solve the problem. Please pray for him; he has worked very hard for this opportunity. Amen
Please St. Jude pray for my grand gaughter Miranda that she will make the right choices in her life especially in her junior year that she will stay close to God Amen.
Please protect my job, I have some haters here, please do not let them triumph over me. Please help me keep my job for as long as I want. Please do not disappoint me St. Jude- you never have.
Thanks
St. Jude,
Please help my husband get a good job, I am so frustrated by this whole thing. His company just laid him off, please help me.
ST JUDE OUR LORD GOD PLEASE LET THERE BE PEACE WITH MY DAD AND JOSEPH AND LET HIM NOT SAY ANYTHING TO HIM IN JESUS’ NAME AMEN
I live in Norman, OK, I am a 61 y/o veteran and losing home soon. I am intelligent, I have a MS degree, and I so need a job. Please God, help me to get employment to save my home and to make a difference in the world. With all the suffering, there has to be a place for me here to work. If the light in my soul dies out, then I cannot help others in their time of need. Please open the door for me to get a job! And Please help me teach and spread tolerance for all mankind. We so need it!
St. Jude we continue to pray and ask you to interceed…we are putting our faith and trust in God to put us where he wants us in terms of Rick’s employement. Rick has put many resumes out…we hope we will soon find where our new chapter will be. I pray that it will be closer to my children and mother. However, God’s will be done.
St Jude please help me with my desperate problem at work.I pray I be allowed to retire soon since my security clearance was taken and now am on leave.Please help me.I have no one to help me.I pray cb and tm will be lenient with me and let me retire since i am about to lose my job.Please dear saint of the hopeless and impossible intercede for me.My family depends on me financially.
Dear St Jude, Please give me peace of mind in my Job, this Job that i am holding has been possible oNLY by the Grace of our lord, please remove the kind of tensions i have pertaining my job, i need this to ensure that I take care of the basic requirment of my family. Please Saint please remove my tensions and ensure i am happy in the current job tat i am holding. In Jesus name i pray Amen
Please St. Jude intercede with God that I find a job, one that I will love that he has planned for me. Please let it be speedy and visible help. Thanks to God for all he has given me.
Please pray for my husband in this job interview. He needs this job desperately. In your name Lord. Amen
dear st jude, nothing is impossible to you–pls intervene for us.. Pls help my husband towards his job interview today… Pls be with him today… He needs this job desperately.. You know our trial and pain and suffering, pls be with us and intervene for us…. Thank you… thank you for listening to my prayers..amen.
Please St. Jude, help me find a suitable job soon. One that will bring me security and joy. I’ve been searching for a full-time position for several years now. Please help me soon. Amen.
ST JUDE I WANT TO BE A PRAYER WARRIOR FOR OTHER PEOPLE
ST JUDE PLEASE LET ME DO GOOD WORKS FOR THE LORD AND MAYBE GET INTO PRAYER WORK/MINISTRY WORK
dear st jude i thank you for prayers answered and ask that you help me find fulfilling positions and assistance with expenses that i find the abundance that has been promised to all god’s children please heal ernesto and steve and please bring jamie and i closer as i love him so amen
Dear St. jude, please assist all the faithful people on this page and please bless them in the name of Christ, amen
please help me find two jobs that are lucrative and that i enjoy and that will not be taxing on driving/gas/car/dl please also help me get my license renewed asap please also send more help for that ticket and expenses and the seminar in Christ’s name amen
thank you for prayers answered please send a bit more help with jobs and money and heal ernesto and steve in christs name amen
Dearest St. Jude,
Please help my husband and intercede on his behind. Please send employment or a contract so we can finally give our children stability. Blessed St. Jude, I implore your help.
Please St Jude, that I find new employment, a new career, filled with the abundance and joy promised by Jesus. Thank you.
Dear St. Jude, I desire you to offer this prayer for an unemployed or underemployed person of your choosing. Amen.
St. Joseph, patron of workers, pray for them. Amen.
Dear St. Jude, we pray you to help R re-obtain the volunteer position they desire, so that they can go about working in the Lord’s vineyard. Amen.
St. Joseph, patron of workers, pray for them. Amen.
Dear St Jude, thank you for hearing all my prayers. Please help me to regain my computer access at the office where I volunteer and that I could volunteer again. I wish that someone there could help me in this matter. I hope that if i should visit, I won’t be treated rudely. I hope that A will call me with good news about volunteering. Please help me that some sort financial miracle will happen to me. Thank you Gd bless the Claretians.
Dear St. Jude, I beseech your help, that I may be able to have a successful five weeks of work starting tomorrow, and that I will be able to pass the training I get tomorrow and thus keep myself busy in the sight of the Lord. Amen.
Dear St. Jude, we urgently pray for Nakia Banks, that she will be able to pay back her loan, and thus go about the business which the Lord has set out for her. Amen.
My name is Nakia Banks and my birthday is september 19, 1985. I need prayer to get my car back from a title loan place that took my car on march 21st. I need to get $2605 before the scheduled auction date of april 3rd. I need prayer that God show me the way to get my car back and that the people that are in my life will help me.
Dear St. Jude, kindly come to the aid of Lori, in her search for a new job. Do not let her work in finding one be only in vain. And we most heartedly thank you for allowing her son and daughter-in-law be employed. We pray that it will please the Lord for Him to grant relief to her as well, for she loves her and God’s children very much. Amen.
St. Joseph, under your titles of patron of the family and patron of workers, we beseech you, come to our aid. Amen.