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EVENING PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH

(Note: This prayer was taken from the booklet "Devotions to Saint Joseph" by Brian Moore, S.J., printed and published by the Society of St. Paul)

At each day's ending, Joseph,

you could take your rest knowing

whom you had served, and how faithfully,

however badly things had gone, or however well.

My days' endings so often bring regret --

for things said or left unsaid,

for things done or left undone,

for opportunities not seized.

In your goodness, pray to Jesus for me

that He would accept

even the marred pattern of my days,

make good the lack in each,

and give me day by day His grace

to do better.