Prayer to St. Joseph

In celebration of St. Joseph's feast day, pray this beautiful prayer by Paulo Coelho (as he also requested in his blog), preferably at 8.30 pm.

Glorious St. Joseph
model of all who are devoted to labor,
obtain for me the grace
to work conscientiously by placing love of duty above my inclinations;
to gratefully and joyously deem it an honor to employ and to develop by labor
the gifts I have received from God,
to work methodically, peacefully,
in moderation and patience,
without ever shrinking from it through difficulty to work;
above all, with purity of intention and unselfishness,
having unceasingly before my eyes
the account I have to render of time lost,
talents unused, good not done,
and vain complacency in success.
St. Joseph, inspire and guide me for the time to come.

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Today is our Baccalaureate Mass; consequently, our last, precious time to wear our uniform that has always been highschool-ish in style.

And yes, a Thomasian graduate of 2010.

Happy :) But also sad. Things to leave, people to leave.

A life to leave... for another life to be lived.

And so a call to grow up. Grow up, not grow old.

Congratulations, fellow graduates of Batch 2010! :))