| Patronage Name: | Family Business Owners | |||
| Patronage Category: | Occupations | Patronage Sub-Category: | Business | |
| Patronage Type: | Occupation | Patronage Scope: | Universal | |
| Primary Saints: | Thomas More | Secondary Saints: | Joseph | |
| Associated Feast Day: | June 22 | Primary Region: | Universal Church | |
| Associated Devotions: | ||||
| Novena to Thomas More; feast day remembrance; simple intercessory prayer | ||||
| Associated Symbols: | ||||
| ledger, scales, coin purse, work desk | ||||
| Prayers: | ||||
| Prayer to Thomas More for family business owners; novena for intercession; feast day prayer | ||||
| Common Situations & Needs: | ||||
| ethical decisions, financial pressure, leadership, honest service | ||||
| Summary | ||||
| For Catholics connected to family business owners, Thomas More is a familiar patron whose intercession is sought for honest labor, vocational clarity, and faithful service. | ||||
| Description | ||||
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Across parishes, families, and devotional life, many believers have linked Thomas More with family business owners and carried that prayer into daily life. As patron for family business owners, Thomas More is remembered for guiding work toward integrity, service, and holiness. Families and individuals often carry concerns like ethical decisions, financial pressure, leadership, honest service into prayer under this patronage, trusting that God receives every burden with mercy. Symbols such as ledger, scales, coin purse, work desk help make this devotion tangible in the middle of real daily concerns. The enduring fruit of this patronage is not anxiety about outcomes, but steady confidence that God is near and listening. |
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