Here’s a prayer from the back of a holy card that you might wish to share with your school community:
Heavenly Father,
it is symptomatic of our life today
that economics play a large part in it.
People labor zealously for a wage
so that they can acquire the needs of life.They also work for
the so-called luxuries of life,
for the opportunity to have more leisure
to develop themselves in ways,
and to keep up with
their particular state of life.Right now,
I find myself in a bad economic condition.
I just cannot seem to make enough money
to meet my obligations.
Please help me in this dangerous situation.Teach me to live within my means
while at the same time
striving to increase those means.
Let me never lose heart
but continue to press on.Most of all, inspire me
to seek first Your kingdom
in the knowledge that everything else
will be given me together with it.
In Jesus Christ’s name I pray,
who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit
One God
forever and ever.
You can purchase the holy card from Aquinas & More.
Thank you Nick Senger for this post as I wanted to give more money to my new Catholic Church I will become a member of on the 28th of this month. I wondered how to pray for more income. I had strokes and a brain operation in 2000 and cannot work since. I am in assisted living and do fine as the Dept of Aging gives me all I need but I only get $70.00 a month allowance for all my needs such as pharmacy needs etc.I have offered to give all the service I can to the chruch as the church is very near here. I will pray this prayer. I am fine but would love to be able to give more to the church and have a few extra dollars for clothes etc. I am 70 years old now but in good shape to help with the church needs, suppers etc to make money I can help out etc. Thank you and I have printed this prayer to say. Sandy Boletchek
Catholic prayer cards are a main keepsake that is distributed at the funeral services. There are resources on the web that offer various types of cards that you can make or purchase. Most Catholic families now prefer to create their own since by doing so, it enables them full control over what is written and in the printing of the cards.