Prayer for Passing the Board Exam
Update: Just a little clarification, you don’t pray to St. Joseph to help you pass the exam. You pray to St. Joseph to intercede for you to God to help you pass your exam.
All this talk in the blogosphere about people searching for Philippine Nursing Board Exam results made me remember the time I took my own board exam. This was for my Engineering board exam. I passed with flying colors but not without studying my ass off and saying a little prayer to St. Joseph of Cupertino, the Patron Saint for examinees.
It was my mom who taught me this prayer as she knew the stress I was undergoing. The reason behind that was because the exams were nearing and I wasn’t too confident with what my Review School was teaching me. That was after I compared what my other batchmates were learning from the other Review schools. So she slipped me this prayer and told me to pray it for nine days straight and say 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Mary’s and 3 Glory Be’s afterwards.
Prayer for a Successful Examination
Oh Great St. Joseph of Cupertino, who while on earth was given the grace of being asked in your examination only the questions you know. Please obtain for me the like favor in these examinations which I am now preparing for. In return, I promise to invoke you and to make you known through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
Its been about 10 years already, but Thank You Again St. Joseph for helping me pass my board exam. My wife gave this prayer to her sister to help her pass her certification so she could work abroad and she too passed. And yes you can use this for any type of exam not just for major one’s. In return of course, please don’t forget to pass this prayer around in honor of St. Joseph of Cupertino. 
If you have time, check out these useful tips on how to pass an exam. If you are looking for a job or are unemployed, try asking help from St. Cayetano through this prayer for Job Seekers and the unemployed.
Update: I just passed my PHP 5 Zend Certification Exam and am now a Zend Certified Engineer. Not bad for only 2 weeks worth of studying, a large part can be attributed to this Prayer, Hard Work (Do your best and let God do the rest) and Faith.
What should you do afterwards? I guess the minimum you can do is to spread this prayer around in honor of St. Joseph. If you want to go further than that, well first, I salute you, for going to the next level of sharing the Grace that you had received from God. I believe that what we have in life all comes from God, and when we give it to those in need, it comes back to us a hundred fold. On my part, I usually have a Thank You Mass said at Church when God had gifted me with a Blessing, aside from that I do other acts of Charity. But please try to do it anonymously and with utmost humility like what Jesus said in the Bible.
Try not to forget also this little blessing from God. So that when you go out in this world you will try to live a moral life. Some choices may be difficult to make, but remember that God always protects and provides for his righteous people. Lastly, kindly remember, that it is our sinfulness that keeps us away from God and the Graces He bestows. But God is always willing to forgive us, if we ask Him to with a contrite heart.
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April 19th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
oh St.Joseph of Cupertino PLEASE HELP ME PAST MAY BOARD EXAM APRIL 16,17,18 2009, SIGN TO MAY FUTURE ,, /.,/.
April 19th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
what ever what happen to result the exam 4 me i hope coming a new future even if deserve me ,, god tahnks ,, 4 being here with me helping us wat are we doing still there
April 15th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
St. Joseph of Cupertino please help my brother to pass his board exam tomorrow.guide and give him a strength to choose the correct answer.enlighten his mind until he finished the exam.. i give and take all this things to you jesus christ…amen
April 14th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
hiiiiiiiiiiii i love this pray very much…………..i hope all the student who appers in baord examination they will get good result’s……………….in 2009
April 11th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Oh great st. joseph of cupertino, please help me pass the cpa board exam this may 2009. please enlighten my mind and heart so that i will be able to answer the questions correctly with confidence. send me your spirit to guide me.
All these i pray through the name of our lord jesus christ. Amen.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
St. Joseph of Cupertino, I was able to take the examinations with strength and wisdom because I believed that you’re with me.Thank you so much.I hope that the result will be positive. I hope you help me pass the exam and I will do my promise to invoke you and to make you known through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
April 4th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Oh Great St. Joseph of Cupertino, please help me pass the board examination for teachers tomorrow. I know and beleive you that you will help me. Please be with me always as I take the examination. Please give me strength and presence of mind and help me answers all the questions. I can make it becuase you are there.
All these I pray through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
March 31st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
St. Joseph of Cupertino, please help me to pass my Final Pre board examination and esp. my CPA Licensure exam.
Dear God, Give me enough strength and wisdom to answer every question correctly. Thank u.
March 29th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Oh St. Joseph of Cupertino pls help me to pass the Licensure exam for teachers this coming April 5, 2009.
March 24th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Oh Great St. Joseph of Cupertino, please help me to pass this examination. I know through your help i will make it. Please give me the confidence to answer the questions…Send me your wisdom and spirit for me to be a licensed teacher.Thank you!
All these I pray through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen