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Let us pray for workers on this Labor Day
Let us pray for those who are treated as the least in our society while they contribute the most to its workings. The laborers who risk their life and health, working long hours in detestable conditions for low wages, to provide even a meager livelihood to their families. The service workers who are paid much less than their worth to their employers and are at constant risk of layoff or termination to maintain or even increase the profits of those who already have more than enough. The undocumented and migrant workers who are forced here by our government's toleration of or outright assistance in the abhorrent conditions of their homelands, kept isolated and in the shadows by governmental policies and societal hatreds, and then torn from their families and thrown away whenever a Republican faces a tough election battle. Let us also pray for those who are without work or who face the loss of their livelihood. For those who have been or are about to be terminated from their jobs because their companies care more about stock worth and executive bonuses than the well-being of their workers. For those who are forced to make a living off of unemployment, or who are facing the loss of even that small amount of income because of a long inability to find a job. For those who have been injured on the job but find it difficult if not impossible to receive benefits. For those who are permanently disabled and are on the difficult journey to receiving Social Security, and those currently on Social Security but unable to live off of the money that this provides. For those who have found it impossible to find a job in the current economic downturn, who would work hard if given the chance but cannot find one either because there are none available, they cannot find childcare to allow them the time away from home, or else the wages available are not enough to even pay for transportation much less a livelihood. Let us pray that God will bless them with the work or assistance they seek, and that our government will recognize the dignity of labor and concern itself more with the condition of the worker and less with the increased wealth of those who already have more than most people will have in their entire life. Amen.
Let us pray for those who are treated as the least in our society while they contribute the most to its workings. The laborers who risk their life and health, working long hours in detestable conditions for low wages, to provide even a meager livelihood to their families. The service workers who are paid much less than their worth to their employers and are at constant risk of layoff or termination to maintain or even increase the profits of those who already have more than enough. The undocumented and migrant workers who are forced here by our government's toleration of or outright assistance in the abhorrent conditions of their homelands, kept isolated and in the shadows by governmental policies and societal hatreds, and then torn from their families and thrown away whenever a Republican faces a tough election battle. Let us also pray for those who are without work or who face the loss of their livelihood. For those who have been or are about to be terminated from their jobs because their companies care more about stock worth and executive bonuses than the well-being of their workers. For those who are forced to make a living off of unemployment, or who are facing the loss of even that small amount of income because of a long inability to find a job. For those who have been injured on the job but find it difficult if not impossible to receive benefits. For those who are permanently disabled and are on the difficult journey to receiving Social Security, and those currently on Social Security but unable to live off of the money that this provides. For those who have found it impossible to find a job in the current economic downturn, who would work hard if given the chance but cannot find one either because there are none available, they cannot find childcare to allow them the time away from home, or else the wages available are not enough to even pay for transportation much less a livelihood. Let us pray that God will bless them with the work or assistance they seek, and that our government will recognize the dignity of labor and concern itself more with the condition of the worker and less with the increased wealth of those who already have more than most people will have in their entire life. Amen.