Whether you are looking for work, or weary of your work, or simply looking for a way to bring your prayer and your work together, you might find this novena to St. Josemaría Escrivá helpful.

For instance, on day 7 of the novena, you have the chance to meditate on maturing in virtue through work. The prayers include this quote from Escrivá:

A complete range of virtues is called into play when we set about our work with the purpose of sanctifying it: fortitude, to persevere in our work despite the difficulties that naturally arise and to ensure that we never let ourselves be overwhelmed by anxiety; temperance, in order to spend ourselves unsparingly and to overcome our love of comfort and our selfishness; justice, so as to fulfill our duties towards God, society, our family and our fellow workers; prudence, to know in each case what course to take, and then to set about it without hesitation...And all this, I emphasize, is for the sake of Love. (Friends of God, 72)

Labels: conversion, moral life, prayer