Fifteen Minutes with

Christ the Worker

BY

WILLIAM L SMITH, S.J.

THE PAULIST PRESS

401 West 59th Street

New York, N. Y.

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CHRIST THE WORKER
(with a Fifteen Minute Service")

The prayers in this booklet are

being used each Tuesday evening, in

a short service before classes, by the .

men and women who attend the

Crown Heights School of Catholic

Workmen, Brooklyn, N. Y. Together

with a five-minute talk, the prayers

take just fifteen minutes. It is with

the hope that they may be helpful to

Catholic workers in many places that

they have been published.

A short treatise on “Jesus of Naz-
areth, Lord and Laborer” is included

in the booklet to bring out more

forcefully the meaning of the prayers

and to familiarize the “man on the

street” with the mind of the Divine

Master in regard to him.

The “Hymn to Christ the Worker,”
the “0 Salutaris” and the Divine

Praises have been added for the bene-

fit of those who may wish to conclude
the service with Benediction of the

Most Blessed Sacrament.

The Author.

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"Is Not This the Carpenter's Son?"

When Christ set out to teach the

• people, His neighbors were aston-

ished. They were bewildered by His

winning ways and they wondered at

His wisdom. Poor, simple souls, the

only thing they could say was, “Is not

this the carpenter’s Son?” And in-

deed it was. When the Lord of Cre-

ation came to earth. He came to save

not to destroy. No sound of trumpet

heralded His coming, no tread of

marching feet thundered His ap-

proach. The roar of cannon and the

blazing torch played no part in His

conquest of the world.

He had chosen a virgin-maid to be

His Mother, as it had long before

been told. Joseph, a carpenter, was

His foster father and the protector

of the little family. Nazareth was to

be His dwelling place, Nazareth . . .

the backwoods of the world, Nazareth

so little thought of that people asked

“Can any good corne out of Naz-

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areth?” . . . had become the home of

God on earth.

The poorest of the poor, Mary and

Joseph and the Boy Jesus formed

a human family in the little cottage

that they called home ... a human

family that has been the model of

human living ever since. Joseph was

a carpenter and so, too, would the

Boy be. In the shop that Joseph

himself, most likely, had built He

served His apprenticeship. With the

tools that Joseph had forged and

fashioned, the Creator of the world

learned to labor in a human way.

The first stroke of the hammer in

that Sacred Hand brought a new dig-

nity to manual toil that the world

had never known before. Christ, the

Carpenter, had sanctified labor with

His own Hand.

One word from those youthful Lips,

one desire even from that divine Will

and the carpenter shop would have

been transformed into the most per-

fect of modernized factories, the tools

changed to split-second automatic

machinery. But He had not come

for that. His divinity was to be hid

beneath the lowliness of our human-

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ity. He would teach us the value of

toil and humility and obedience, by

learning it in a human way from the

privileged humans that the Father

had set over Him. Thirty arduous,

but peaceful years of His life He

spent in the workshop of a carpenter.

The hard blows from His home-made

hammer strengthened the muscles of

the growing boy. Tree trunks and

twisted stumps, cross-beams and two-

by-fours had felt the grip of those

hardened Hands as He pulled and

struck and sawed to fashion the

furniture that went to fit out the

homes of His friendly neighbors.

Many a day the honest sweat poured

from His Sacred Brow as He plied

His trade in the heat of the scorch-

ing sun. When the toil of the day
was over, just as any other hungry

workingman. He went back to the

cottage on the hillside, washed and

ate of the steaming meal which Mary

had made ready for Him. When the
evening prayer was said. He wel-

comed the well-earned night’s sleep

that would restore the strength to

His tired muscles and bring refresh-

ment to soul and body.

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This was the Carpenter of Naz-

areth. This was He who, with the

Father and the Holy Ghost, had en-

joyed from all eternity, as the Sec-

ond Person of the Trinity, the happi-

ness of heaven. He had seen the

angels come into being in the bright-

ness of their reflected glory and had

seen Lucifer fall from heaven like

the lightning. He had seen the stars

appear in the heavens and the earth

emerge from the flowing waters. He

had foreseen, with the Father, the

creation of the human race, the re-

bellion of its chosen representative

and the consequences that would fol-

low. He knew now the inner secrets

of the hearts of men to the end of

time and the broad movements of

history that had taken place and

those which are yet to come. The

universe was a tiny ball in the palm

of His Hand, yet His love for us had

driven Him to come and dwell
amongst us. His love for us was un-

satisfled until He could live our lives,

experience our joys and sorrows, and

Anally offer up His Own spotless life
upon a cross of shame to redeem,

with the sufferings of a human soul

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and body, those children of the Fa-

ther who with a human soul and

body, had defied the dignity and the

supremacy of the One and undivided

Trinity.

Jesus of Nazareth—Lord and Laborer
“If there is a God, why doesn’t He

show Himself to us?” is a challenge

that has been thrown at the Creator

of the world by ignorant men in va-

rious ways. Steeped in their own

pride or stified by willful ignorance

such blasphemers refuse to accept the

glad tidings of Christian revelation.

They can’t think and they won’t be-

lieve. Like the rebellious angels and

their own defiant first parents before

them, they still echo the cry, “We
will be like gods—^we will not serve.”
The answer to their challenge has

been given very convincingly by a

character in one of Owen Francis

Dudley’s books. It runs along some-

thing like this : “If you can tell me of

a better way for God to reveal Him-

self than the way He has, I would

like to know of it. What better way

could God have manifested Himself

than to speak to us with human lips,

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to look at us with human eyes, to

work His miracles for us with hu-

man hands?” Think that over. Are

not the means God used to bring us

the message of His Love for us, a

sign of Divine Wisdom? What bet-

ter way, what more attractive way,

what way more in keeping with our

own human dullness could God have

chosen ?

Only a man, ignorant of the char-

acter of Christ, or one, blind to His

grace, can doubt His claims to divin-

ity today. The critics of history have

fine-combed His character for a flaw

or imperfection. They have found

none. His ringing challenge still re-

sounds unanswered, “Who will con-

vince Me of sin?” His bitterest ene-
mies have been forced to admit that

no human intellect has ever equaled

His. The teachings He left are so

simple that the little tots in the grade

school can understand them. His

mysteries are so profound that men

of genius have stood bewildered be-

fore them. Yet never a contradiction

appears in any one of them. He

revolutionized society. With twelve

uneducated men He conquered the

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world. All world events are dated

before and after His birth.

One claim, in all His utterances,

stands forth with startling signiff-

cance. Upon it stands or falls every-

thing else that He said or did. It is

the keystone of Christian belief. If

it be true, He has the right to com-

mand the world, to reward or con-

demn every creature on the earth.

If it be false, religion is a mockery

and the Church of Christ the basest

fraud ever perpetrated by man upon

man.

Jesus Christ, the Carpenter of Naz-

areth, claimed to he God, equal to the

Father in all things! That claim is

either true or false. If true we owe

Him praise, reverence and service.

If false. He is neither holy nor bril-

liant, but the arch-hypocrite of his-

tory who suffered a death worthy of

His infamous deception.

God? Hypocrite? Fool? The ut-

ter absurdity that Jesus Christ was

either a fool or a hypocrite is per-

fectly evident to all except those who

blind themselves to the truth.

For a man to say that he is God

and really to be convinced of it, when

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it is not so, is a clear sign of insanity.

The asylums are filled with poor un-

fortunates who go about saying, “I

am Napoleon,” “I am Caesar.” Those

who have hated Christ the most have

testified that His intellectual ability

has never been equaled in history.

His intellectual soundness was such

that His subsequent deeds showed it

to be divine.

For a man to say that he is God,

and to know that he is speaking

falsely, is base hypocrisy. To carry

the deception to the extent of adding

threats of hell-fire to those who will

not believe him and to urge men to

endure torture and horrible death in

defense of his claim, would brand

the originator of such a scheme the

arch-hypocrite of history. The un-

answered argument for the sincerity

and holiness of the character of

Christ still goes ringing down the

years. “Who will convince Me of

sin ?” His holiness precludes the very

shadow of insincerity.

Thinking men and women accept

the truth when they find it.

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Christ claimed to be God. His

character substantiates that claim.

Three years of miracles confirm it.

The promise and the reality of His

Resurrection from the tomb, in con-

firmation of the claim, make it a

“fool-proof” historical fact for men

of good will.

We who enjoy the priceless gift of
faith need no arguments from rea-

son to tell us of the truth of Christ’s

divinity. The reality of His Pres-

ence in our hearts in Holy Commun-

ion, the soothing touch of His Heal-

ing Hand upon our hearts in the con-

soling Sacrament of Penance, the

nearness of Him that we experience

when the priest raises the unspotted

Host in Holy Mass tell us far better

than human words that it is His de-

light “to be with the children of

men.” Let us breathe a tiny prayer

that those who still sit in the shadow

of spiritual death, who have not yet

experienced what it means to know

the one true God, may by the example

of our lives be brought to the light

that came into the world when God

deigned to be made flesh in Jesus

Christ, the Carpenter of Nazareth.

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Christ' and the Man-on-the-Street

From the first to the last the Divine

Master cast His lot with people who

were poor and had to work for a liv-

ing. He lived His life as a humble

craftsman. He chose fishermen and

the like as His first disciples. He

preached to the poor. He taught His

lessons by examples taken from the

lives of men and women who stood

about and listened to Him.

His interests were the interests of

the people. He fed the multitude, He

filled the nets of His fisherman pu-

pils, He cured the sick and the lame

who lay helpless by the roadside.

The blind and the deaf and the lepers

who sought Him out were the poor

outcasts of society. When John the

Baptist sent word asking, from his

prison cell, if He were really the Re-

deemer, He gave as a proof of His

claim to the title—that the blind see
and the lame walk and the poor have

the Gospel preached to them.

He made Himself a man among
men. He talked the language that the

man on the street could understand

His aim was to draw men nearer to



heaven, but His lessons were taken

from the daily lives of His fellow

workers. He sees a farmer in the

field sowing seed and explains to His

listeners that grace is like a seed that

falls onto the earth. He tells the

merchants that salvation is like a

pearl to be sought at any sacrifice.

A shepherd goes by and He speaks
of repentance and the lost sheep. He

encourages initiative and the need of

heaping up spiritual riches by a story

of ten pieces of money. The justice

of a living wage and the generosity

of God to men are exemplified by a

story of workers in a vineyard. He

talks of servants and fishermen, of

farmers and housewives. Wine bot-

tles and wheat and cockle, new and

patched up clothing, bread and fishes

and coats all find their way into His

instructions. In His life, in His man-

ners, in His teaching, in His associa-

tions He identified Himself with the

working class. He was the God of

all, but His deepest concerns were for

those who could least protect them-

selves against the greed and the un-

just power of godless men. This be-

ing the spirit of Christ, He was not

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unmindful of those who would like

to work but are prevented from do-

ing so.

Christ and the Unemployed

When a man is out of a job, sees

his small hard-earned bank account

dwindle week by week, fears the

thought of beholding his family

evicted from the shack he looked upon

as home, he needs more than an ordi-

nary word of encouragement to keep

his feet on the ground. He will be-

come desperate and turn to rash

measures of self-defense or he will

drop on his knees and throw him-

self on the mercy of God. Christknew

that. He knew, too, that in the Divine

Plan that He and the Father had set

for the world such miseries were not

included. They are the outcome of

man’s ingratitude to man, the misuse

of God’s great natural gift, freedom

of the will. God so loved liberty and

so loved men that He wished to share

that great privilege with His children

even though they would use it at

times to turn against their fellow

creatures, yes, even against the very

One who gave it to them.

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But He would have no part in the

betrayal. By every means possible

He would induce men to use their

liberty in charity and justice. But

He could not deprive the unjust of

that power of free choice without

contradicting human nature as He

willed to create it. God tolerates the

misuse of our free wills, that the ra-

tional, God-fearing members of the

human race may enjoy the proper

use of them.

To offset the sufferings that come

to men because of the wickedness of

their fellow men He floods the world

with spiritual peace and joy. God

so made us that even the full posses-

sion of all the world can offer us

would never satisfy us. Our nature

is so noble a creation that nothing

less than the complete possession of

God Himself will ever bring our

hearts to rest. Only such a joy for

us can satisfy the Infinite Love that

He has for us. It is really to draw us

closer to Himself and away from the

snares of earth, to gain a greater

claim on His Care and Providence,

that He allows hardship and suffer-

ing to come into our lives.

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±sut there are many who wouid pre-

fer to choose their own way of life.

They have not fully learned God’s

place in the world and their own.

They have not yet grasped the mean-

ing of the word “creature” and the

word “Creator.” The fact that we

are but mud and spirit escapes them.

And so rebellion of spirit, disturb-

ance of mind creeps into their hearts.

Divinely aware of this danger and

humanly conscious of the weaknesses

of His children, Christ reassures us

of the tender care, the immeasurable

love that the Father has for us. A
tiny spark of the spirit contained in

the discourse of Christ which I am

about to quote, if it could but nestle in

the heart of every despairing soul,

could today change the universe.

These peaceful, powerful words of

Christ can bring hope into the most

hopeless heart. They have a divine

guarantee . . . they contain Christ’s

message to the unemployed and the

exploited . . . once grasped and accept-

ed on their face value they will turil

weakness into strength, distress into

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determination, fear into fortitude and

failure into a success that no world-

ly gain can ever equal.

Listen to the voice of the Laborer

of Nazareth, who was at once Lord

of the Universe, the Son of Mary,

and by trade a carpenter:

“Be not solicitous for your life,

what you shall eat; nor for your

body, what you shall put on. The

life is more than the food, and the

body is more than the raiment. Con-

sider the ravens, for they do not sow,

nor do they reap; neither have they

storehouse, nor barn, yet your heav-

enly Father feedeth them. How
much more valuable are you than

they? . . . And for the raiment, why

are you solicitous? Consider the

lilies of the field, how they grow
;
they

labor not, neither do they spin; and

yet I say to you, that not even Solo-

mon, in all his glory, was arrayed as

one of these. Now, if God so clothe

the grass of the field, which today is

and tomorrow is cast into the oven,

how much more you, 0 ye of little

faith. Be not solicitous, therefore,

saying: What shall we eat, or what

shall we drink or wherewith shall we

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be clothed? and be not lifted up on

high. For all these things do the

nations of the world seek. But your

Father knoweth that you have need

of these things. But seek ye first the

kingdom of God and His justice, and

all these things shall be added unto

you.” . . . This is the divine guaran-

tee of Him who conquered the world,

who proved to be the master over

life and death, who gave His Life

that we might have confidence in His

words and promises.

Christ and the Wealthy Employer

The Divine Master was no less so-

licitous for the rich than He was for

the poor, but in a different way. To

the poor He was all sympathy and

tender compassion, to the rich He

was kindly stern. But He did not

shun the wealthy. He healed the

servant of a centurion, a foreign

army officer. The man had built a
synagogue for the Jewish people.

Zacheus was the chief tax collector

in a certain place and no doubt a no-

torious grafter. But Christ, in spite

of popular protest, had dinner with

him and won him to repentance.

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More than once He accepted invita-

tions to dine with people who were

not poor. But His purpose was to

reform them, not to cater to their po-

sition. He loved the rich as He loved

the poor, but His warnings against

love of riches were stinging and con-

stant. Riches can be made the in-

struments of justice, even as poverty

can elevate a soul to sanctity. The

possessor of vast wealth, however,

runs a far greater risk of eternal

damnation than those who are re-

moved from the temptations of greed

and avarice. He warned the wealthy

that it is easier for a camel to pass

through the eye of a needle than for

a rich man to get to heaven. He

meant those whose hearts were set

on riches and who refused to use

their fortunes to save their souls.

When a poor widow dropped a few

pennies in the collection basket at the

Temple door. He called the attention

of the disciples to it. She had done

more than those who gave generous-

ly but who had plenty to give. The

classic parable that He preached on

profits should certainly give pause to

those who feel blessed in an abun-

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dance of this world’s goods. “And He

said to them: Take heed and beware

of all covetousness: for a man’s life

doth not consist in the abundance of

things which he possesseth. And He

spoke a similitude to them, saying

:

The land of a certain rich man

brought forth plenty of fruits. And

he thought within himself, saying:

What shall I do, because I have not

where to lay up together my fruits?
And he said: This will I do: I will

pull down my barns, and will build
greater: and into them will I gather

all things that are grown, to me, and

my goods. And I will say to my soul

:

Soul, thou hast much goods laid up

for many years, take thy rest, eat,

drink, made good cheer. But God

said to him: Thou fool, this night

do they require thy soul of thee; and

whose shall those things be which

thou hast provided? So is he that

layeth up treasure for himself, and is

not rich towards God.”

Rich and poor, employer and em-

ployee, white and black, Christian,

Jew and atheist ... we all belong to

God. He made us. He owns us. He
put into our hearts the love that is

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there and He wants it back. Noth-
ing we can do, nothing we can give

will be a substitute for the love we

owe to God. All the woe, all the

grief, the sorrow, the torture that

the world knows today is the result of

but one evil—God’s children have re-
fused to allow God to associate with

them.

The nations of the world cry for

peace, but there is no peace, for they

have exiled the Prince of Peace. The

happiness of the home is shattered

because pagan practices have
usurped the place of Christian mod-

esty. • The legislators of the land

make laws to insure peace and pros-

perity but they are futile because the

Author of all law and the Giver of

all good gifts is ignored. Injustice

stalks the earth and cruelty keeps the

nations of the world in chains be-

cause men place confidence in the

force of arms and the power that

money buys, forgetting the gentle

admonition, “Learn of Me for I am
meek and humble of heart.” There is

but one answer to it all . .

.

to our nat-

ural efforts must be added prayer . .

.

we must pray the world back to God.

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Fifteen Minute Service

HYMN TO CHRIST THE WORKER

(Tune—Ave Maris Stella No, 2)
(From Cantuale ad usam Domus Parisiensis Congrega-

tionis Missionis—page 233, Ed. 1910.)

1. Joseph at your work bench,

Mary with your mother’s care.

Showing Him our human ways.
Teach us now His Life to share.

Refrain

Guide our poor stumbling steps

aright.

Teach us to find our burden light,

Jesus Worker, bless our toil.

2. By Your toil with Joseph,
In Your days at Mary’s side,

Christ, the Worker, we have found,
Our own labor sanctified.—Refrain.

3. With a hammer in Your Hand,
Great Master of creation.

You gave to us Your workmen.
New symbols of salvation.

—Refrain.
4. Jesus, by Your labor.

Borne for us with sacred Love,

Teach us how to work and pray
Till we rest with Thee above.

—Refrain.
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PRAYER TO CHRIST, THE WORKER

I believe in God—^the Father Al-
mighty— Creator of heaven and
earth.—I believe in Jesus Christ—His
Only Son—True God and True Man.
Dear Lord—^by Your labors in the

carpenter shop of Nazareth—by the
honest sweat that dropped from Your

Sacred Brow—^by the hardened Hands
that held the hammer—^by the weari-
ness You felt from Your daily toil

—

You have shown us—^that You were
truly man even as we—Your fellow
workers.

Dear Lord, by the miracles You
wrought—with those same calloused
Hands—^by Your unquestioned holi-
ness—^by Your all-surpassing knowl-
edge—by Your power over life—and
Your victory over death in the

Resurrection—You proved to a scof-
fing world—^that You were indeed the
Son of God.

Christ, the Worker—King of Kings
—and Worker of Workers—I praise
You. . .

One with the Father and the Holy
Ghost—One God in Three Divine
Persons—-I adore you.

Sacred Heart of Jesus—rule the
world

!

Thy Kingdom Come!
Let Social Justice reign

!

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PRAYER FOR WORKERS

0 Christ, the Worker—You have
said, “Come to Me all you who labor
and are heavily burdened—and I will
refresh you.”—We come to You to-
night—^humbly and hopefully.—^You
are the Way, the Truth and the Life.

—In You alone can we find strength
and courage—peace and progress.

—

We believe that we have been made
—

^to the image and likeness of the

one true God.—^We refuse to believe
—that we are merely matter—one
with the worms of the earth—-and
the dirt of the fields.—^We are chil-
dren of the Father—endowed with
reason—gifted with a free will

—

beautified in Baptism—^by the grace
of the Creator.—We are the adopted
sons of God—sharers in the merits of
His own Son—destined to live forever
with the angels and the saints.

Give us the grace, O Christ, the
Worker—^to know our dignity as hu-
man beings.—Give us the grace—^to
recognize our duties—as members of
one human family. Teach us to do

an honest day’s work—for an honest
day’s pay—to do battle against injus-
tice—by prayer and sacrifice—^but

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never to yield—^to the impulse of vio-
lence—or revenge.

Sacred Heart of Christ the Worker

—be our strength—our solace—and
the model of our manhood.

PRAYER FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

O Christ, the Worker—You who
have said

—
“The foxes have holes and

the birds of the air nests,—^but the
Son of Man hath not where to lay His
Head,”—look down with mercy and
kindness upon the unemployed.

Grant them the grace—of patience,
courage and perseverance—in their
dark day of trial.—Soften the hearts
of unjust men—whose lives contra-
dict Your teachings—whose souls are
shriveled—by a lust for gold.—Give
to the unhappy victims—of their in-
justice O Lord—a new abundance
of Your satisfying grace.—Teach
them the meaning of the words—

•

“Blessed are the meek, for they shall

possess the land.”—Strike fear into
the hearts of unjust possessors

—

that they may heed the warning

—

“Woe to you that are rich—for you
have your consolation.”—Relieve the
world of inhuman conditions—^that

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deprive men—of the right to work.
Christ, the Worker—King of Kings

and Worker of Workers—teach all
of us the lesson

—
“Blessed are the

poor in spirit—^for theirs is the King-
dom of heaven.”

Sacred Heart of Jesus, rule the

world

!

Thy Kingdom Come!

Let Social Justice reign

!

Five minute talk

PRAYER FOR EMPLOYERS

0 Christ, the Worker—open the
hearts—and enlighten the minds

—

of those who hire their fellow men

for pay.—Bring into their souls—^the
divine light of Your revelations.

—

Pour into the hearts—of just and
honest employers—a superabundance
of Your heavenly grace— that the
happiness of their lives—may spur
on the laggard—^to the joys of justice.
—Remind the powerful—^who rule
the lives of men—that they, too—are
but clay and spirit as the rest of men.

—Teach them that their souls—can
be tortured by the flames of Hell

—

even as the adulterer, the murderer

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and the blasphemer. — Make them
aware—that one day they, too—must
come face to face with Christ, the

Carpenter. Grant that they may see

the justice—of a living wage—decent
working hours—and human condi-
tions for those who toil.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, rule the

world

!

Let Social Justice reign

!

PRAYER FOR ATHEISTS

O' Christ, the Worker—have pity ’
on those, who crucify You anew.

—

Take from their hearts—the hammer
of hatred—and from their minds

—

the bloody spikes of spite and envy.

—

Say from the altar—as You said from
the Cross—“Father, forgive them

—

for they know not what they do.”

—

Teach us to know the vile malice

—

and the deep ingratitude of sin.

—

Grant that we may live our lives

—

that other men may say
—

“See how

those Christians love one another.”

—

Let the beauty of Your teachings

—

and the grandeur of Your Church—so
shine through us—that we may draw
all men—from ignorance to light

—

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from hate to love,—that there may
really be “One flock and One Shep-

herd.”

Sacred Heart of Christ the Worker,

rule the world!

Let Social Justice reign

!

PRAYER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

0 Mary, Mother of the Sacred

Heart, “remember—that never was it
known—that anyone who fled to your
protection—implored your help—or
sought your intercession—was left
unaided.”— Your children. Mother
Mary—wandering in a weary world
—need their mother’s care.—Pray for
us—sweet mother—that the spirit of
the little home of Nazareth— may
take possession of the world.—Fill
the hearts of fathers and mothers

—

sons and daughters—with the love
that filled your heart.—You are the
mother of all virtues—Mother Mary;
we, your children, beg for Social

Justice for the world.

Sacred Heart of Christ the Worker,

rule the world!

Mother of the Sacred Heart, hear

our prayer.

Let Social Justice reign

!

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BENEDICTION

0 Salutaris Hostia,

Qui coeli pandis ostium.

Bella premunt hostilia;

Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempiterna gloria,

Qui vitam sine termina,

Nobis donet in patria.

Tantum ergo Sacramentum,

Veneremur cernui;

Et antiquum documentum

Novo cedat ritui

;

Praestet fides supplementum,

Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque,

Laus et jubilatio;

Salus, honor, virtus quoque

Sit et benedictio;

Procedenti ab utroque

Compar sit laudatio. Amen.

P. Panem de ccelo praestitisti eis.

Ch. Omne delectamentum in se
habentem.

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Oremus

Deus, qui nobis sub Sacramento

mirabili passionis tuae memoriam

reliquisti; tribue, quaesumus, ita nos

corporis et sanguinis tui sacra mys-

teria venerari ut redemptionis tuae

fructum in nobis jugiter sentiamus:

Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saecu-

lorum. Amen.

THE DIVINE PRAISES

Blessed be God.

Blessed be His holy Name.

Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and

true Man.

Blessed be the Name of Jesus.

Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.

Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy

Sacrament of the Altar.

Blessed be the great Mother of God,

Mary most holy.

Blessed be her holy and Immaculate

Conception.

Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin

and Mother.

Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste

spouse.

Blessed be God in His Angels and in

His Saints.

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