The Anchoress
The unemployment numbers are looking pretty dismal and bleak, aren’t they?
A while back, I was praying for someone’s job intention when it turned into a meditation through the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, which adapt themselves perfectly and powerfully to the feelings of abandonment, isolation and exposure that those suffering a job loss can experience.
The folks at Our Sunday Visitor wondered if I could adapt that post, after some revision, to a pamphlet that could help prayer groups, parishes and ministries serving those seeking jobs in this depressing climate; what you see above is the result.
I’m very impressed with the job OSV did with the editing, graphics and layout. This is a very nice little pamphlet and I’m both happy to be part of it, and and humbled to think that the meditation and presentment might help someone who is becoming downhearted or losing hope.
Tonight I’ll be on Currents, the Catholic nightly news broadcast at NET-NY, talking by phone with Nathalia Ortiz about the pamphlet and prayer in this difficult job market, and how even lapsed Catholics (and non-Catholics) may be able to look to the Passion of Christ for both expression of their feelings and consolation. If you want to listen in, you can watch the live stream here at 7:30 or 11:30 Eastern.
Pamphlets can be ordered in packs of 50 from OSV
Related:
Sr. Lisa Doty has Thoughts on the usefulness of the Rosary
The Dominican Nuns of Our Lady of the Rosary Monastery on Their Rosary Pilgrimage Sunday
Phoenix Catholic: Our Lady of the Rosary and the Victory at Lepanto
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