Prayer to San Isidro Labrador, the farmer, was born in Madrid, Spain. He from a poor and humble family. Since he was a child, he worked as a laborer on the De Vargas farm. He was very prayerful and particularly devoted to the Mass and the Holy Eucharist. He loved the good soil, was honest in his work, and careful in his agricultural practices.
Domestic beasts and birds are said to have shown their attachment to him because he was gentle and kind to them. Master De Vargas watched Isidro plowing and saw two angels as his helpers. From there arose the saying: “San Isidro plowing with angels does the work of three farmers.”
Isidro married a sweet and pious servant named María. They only had one son who died in youth. Both were the most charitable and always ready to help neighbors in need and the poor in the poor neighborhoods of the city.
San Isidro died on May 15, 1170, his holy wife, a little later. He was canonized on March 22, 1622. The earthly remains of the holy couple lie on the high altar of the cathedral in Madrid, Spain. His head is carried in solemn processions in times of drought.
📅 When is San Torcuato celebrated?
His feast is celebrated on May 15.
🙏 Prayer to San Isidro Labrador for the Peasants 🙏
Dear San Isidro, you know how normal it is farm, since you were employed as a farm laborer for most of your life. Although you received God’s help materially through the Angels in the field, all farmers are helped spiritually to see the wonders that God has spread on this earth. Encourage all farmers in their labors and help them feed many people. Amen.
🙏 Prayer to San Isidro labrador for farmers 🙏
Good Saint, we are told that his devotion to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was so great that he would get up before daylight so that he could attend Mass before beginning his work in the fields. Obtain for us, we ask you, something of that loving devotion to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
That’s where the fruits of our agricultural labor, bread and wine, are brought and offered to God by the priest. Then, at the consecration, Christ himself, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, makes himself present on our altars under the appearances of this same bread and wine. And in what was the bread of the altar, He comes to us to be the food of our souls. If we deeply understand the value and beauty of the Holy Mass, we will be very happy to attend as often as possible.
Help us to understand that at Mass we offer ourselves to God with Christ through the hands of the priest. There we can take to God everything we do, and offer it to Him in union with His Holy Sacrifice. The more we do it now, the happier we will be in the future. Good Saint Isidro, bless us and our labors, so that one day we may reap the reward of good works with you in heaven. Amen.
🙏 Prayer to San Isidro Labrador to ask for blessing and prosperity for the home and family 🙏
Oh my God, Almighty Father! In whom I trust and love, because I know that my love is reciprocated, take care, bless and protect my familyThank you for all the food we received through the intercession of your holy servant, San Isidro Labrador, who with so much love at the time dedicated himself to cultivating the land, without neglecting your teachings and knowing how to distribute his time, not neglecting your prayers.
Blessed Saint Isidro, servant of God, humble worker, farmer, exemplary father and husband, who suffered humiliation, slander and persecution, bless my house, my family and my home so that it is similar to yours and pleasing in the eyes of our creator, that none of my loved ones fall into the temptations of the enemy.
Rest your eyes on us, and intercede so that in this humble home there is no lack of work, health, food that sustains us, clothes that keep us warm, and the love and harmony that reigns in good homes.
Oh! San Isidro, bring blessings to this home, cordiality, peace, comfort and abundance, help us to cover all our needs and protect us from the danger that threatens us, making each of our efforts rewarded, obtaining from them the value they deserve, give us your help and your blessing you who know how to understand us. Amen
Other prayers for the home
Novena to San Isidro el Campesino to ask for help in any situation
The most appropriate time to pray this novena is in periods of drought or abundant rain and it is suggested that all the seeds be blessed in the nearest churches.
How to pray the novena to San Isidro
The novena is for parish and domestic use. In the church the leader should be the priest or someone designated by him. At home, the father, mother or son can take the initiative. The daily novena prayers, readings and reflections have been organized for maximum group participation.
The leader will begin the hymns, antiphons, psalms, prayer, and will recite the first works; then everyone will join in, alternating as usual. The slash indicates a pause. Every day after the teachings of the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory to the Father, three times for the intention of the Holy Father, the leader chooses a prayer or litany according to the corresponding day.
Day One: Partnership with God
Anthem
Oh, Lord, as you have made the earth, to man and beast you have given birth, you have given the sun and rain from there.
The land could give them sustenance:
We beg you to make us willing to fulfill the law we received from You, that work of ours and your grace. It can bring the increase that lasts.
May this be done through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns, our Lord, your son, whom we adore with the Spirit, one God with you forever.
Antiphon
How many are your works, O Lord! With wisdom you have made them all; The earth is full of your creatures.
psalm 8
O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is your name over all the earth! You have exalted your name above the heavens.
From the mouths of children and those who suckle and suckle you have formed praises because of your enemies, to silence the hostile and the vengeful.
When I contemplate your skies, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you put in their place:
What is man that you remember him, or the son of man that you take care of him? You have made him little less than the angels, and you have crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands, putting all things under his feet:
All the sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field. The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatever swims along the paths of the seas. Lord, our Lord, how glorious is your name over all the earth! Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, it is now and it will always be world without end. Amen.
Antiphon
How many are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you have made them all; The earth is full of your creatures.
Chapter – Genesis 1:25 and 2:15
And God made the beasts of the earth after his kind, and the cattle, and everything that creeps on the earth after his kind. And God saw that he was good. And Jehovah God took the man and put him in the paradise of pleasure to dress him and keep him.
- Thanks god.
- You grow grass for cattle and vegetation for men’s use.
- Producing bread from the land and wine to gladden the hearts of men.
- May the Lord be with you. R. And with your spirit.
let’s pray
We beg you, merciful Lord, through the intercession of Blessed Isidro, farmer and confessor, that we not be vain with the wisdom of the world, but that by his merits and example, we always do with all humility what pleases you. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
- San Isidro.
- Pray for us.
Prayer in honor of San Isidro
Oh God, who taught Adam the simple art of tilling the earth, and who through Jesus Christ, the true vine, has revealed yourself as the tiller of our souls, with dignity, we ask you, through the merits of Blessed Isidro, to infuse in our hearts the horror of sin and the love of prayer, so that by working the earth with the sweat of our brows, we can enjoy eternal happiness in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
- May the Lord be with you.
- And with your spirit.
- Let’s bless the Lord.
- Thanks god.
- May the souls of the faithful who have departed by the mercy of God rest in peace. A. Amen.
Teachings Partnership with God
The farmer is a sacred calling because he is a collaborator of God in the work of his creation. In association with God he becomes a provider of food, fiber and shelter for men. Let the farmer, then, not depreciate himself in his own eyes.
The farmer’s vocation is one of the noblest in the world. The Lord considered it so, and the farmer must think of it in the same terms. With God he lives and works in the vast realms of his abundant and beautiful nature.
He is not one of the millions of people who in thick formations swarm through the factory gates. He is a free man as he walks his fields guiding a plow, sowing the seed or reaping the harvest. The farmer’s call is one that should command great respect. A lot of knowledge and skills are required to run the farm well with its land and fences, barns and barns, tools and machinery.
Agriculture is one of the greatest human arts. The farmer must be a craftsman and craftsman, a capitalist, a financier, a manager, a worker, a producer, and a seller. He must know the land and the seeds, the poultry and the cattle; he must know when he will till the land, cultivate his fields and reap his crops.
In the presence of his Lord, the farmer should remember all this, not in a spirit of vainglory or pride, but in a grateful appreciation of his God-given vocation as a tiller of the soil. Praise and thanksgiving should rise in his heart as he reflects on the high esteem the Lord has bestowed upon him and his work.
Pray
- – Our father
- – Ave Maria
- – Glory
Day Two: Family Life in Christ
Anthem
Lord, whom sharing creative life created humanity as husband and wife, to be with you creators of the objects of your endless love:
As Jesus loves the Church, his bride, may our love intensify, may our love for one another be our promise of love eternally.
May this be done through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns, our Lord, your Son, whom we adore with the Spirit, one God with you forever.
Antiphon
Happy those who live in your house! They continually praise you.
psalm 127
Happy those who fear the Lord, those who walk in his ways! For you will eat the fruit of your works, and you will be blessed.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the recesses of your house. Your children like olive plants around your table. Behold, such is the blessed man who fears the Lord.
The Lord bless you from Zion; may you see prosperity…