Labor Day reflections

Labor Day is officially considered the end of the summer season, the beginning of the school year, and yet another opportunity to organize a bar-b-cue for family, neighbors and friends.  But above all, Labor Day comes with the duty for us to thank God for the opportunity and privilege to work. We pray for all those searching for jobs, for those who find it hard to make a living and for those who can earn a living to support their families. May God bless our hands and the fruits of our hands.
Blessed be the work of your hands, Lord God, our Father.
Blessed be the hands that have touched life.
Blessed be the hands that have nurtured creativity.
Blessed be the hands that have held pain, touched and healed.
Blessed be the hands that have embraced with passion.
Blessed be the hands that have planted new seeds and tended gardens.
Blessed be the hands that have harvested ripe fields.
Blessed be the hands that type, write, play music and change dirty diapers.
Blessed be the hands that have cleaned, washed, mopped, scrubbed.
Blessed be the hands that are wrinkled and scarred from doing justice.
Blessed be the hands that have reached out and been received.
Blessed be the hands that hold the promise of the future.