

God, our all-provident Father, | you have placed the earth and its fruits under our care, | so that by our labor we will endeavor | to ensure that all share in the benefits of your creation. O God, | in your wise providence | you are glad to bless all human labor, | the work of our hands and of our minds. | Grant that all who plan and conduct business in this office | may, through your guidance and support, | come to right decisions and carry them out fairly. | We ask this through Christ our Lord. The leader then speaks the prayer of blessing one of the following may be used or adapted as needed.

A cross or other symbol may then be reverenced with a kiss and put in a place of honor. We urge you, brothers, to progress even more, and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, that you may conduct yourselves properly toward outsiders and not depend on anyone.Īfter a time of silence, all join in prayers of intercession and in the Lord's Prayer. Listen to the words of the apostle Paul to the Thessalonians: 1 Thes 4:10-12

Let us pray for all who will work here and for those who will share the fruit of their labor. Through the labor of our hands, we bring God's blessing upon ourselves and others. He was known as the carpenter's son, and he willingly worked with the tools of his trade. The leader may use these or similar words to introduce the blessing: The leader begins:īlessed be God, who has begun a good work in us. Arise awake and approach the worthy ones and learn torealize the truth.When a place of work is to be blessed, both those who labor there and those who share the fruit of that labor should be invited to the ceremony.Īll make the Sign of the Cross. The man ofspirit, those filled with serenity, wisdom and joy are lovers ofhumanity. There is a responsibility laid on man as an individual tointegrate his life to relate the present to the past and the future,to live in time as well as among the eternal energies. Body, life and mindare not to be despised they are the instruments of the life of spiritin man. Excellent website.The Bhagavad Gita contains the essential ideas andgoverning principles of our cultural life and deal with man’s searchfor eternal which is the source of truth and joy. Hindu should study the spiritual knowledge from great gurus and also from the great scriptures of ancient India.He should take responsibility to appoint or arrange paid sanskrit teachers for all temples and make our children learn the golden truth of vedas.Hindus now dump in front of other religious group to answer the questions they arise just because of the ignorance about the our vedas and upanishads.I’m trying to manifest these ideas within my locality with a limited income.Let the divine truth help me to attain this in near future.
