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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February 19th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
This prayer is a blessing. I took my comp. exam and did not finish it by 15 questions which is alot. I prayed this prayer right before the exam and I passed do to God grace. AMEN! So, I am making St. Joseph known. Be blessed. AMEN!
February 18th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
please pray for me I am hoping that i will still be pull-out in our class next school year.S specially the math I am praying please help me…St. Joseph of cupertino..PLEASE
February 15th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
O St. Joseph of Cupertino who by your prayer obtained from God to be asked at your examination, the only preposition you knew. Grant that I may like you succeed in the technology examination. In return I promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked.
O St. Joseph of Cupertino pray for me
O St. Anthony pray for me and find my lost confidence
O Holy Ghost enlighten me
Our Lady of Good Studies pray for me
Sacred Head of Jesus, Seat of divine wisdom, enlighten me
January 31st, 2010 at 10:52 am
Dear Friends,
It is so wonderful to hear about all your successes. St Joseph of Cupertino is a mighty intercessor. Remember to invoke his name in the name of Jesus Christ. God Bless you.
Annie
January 30th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Thank you St.Joseph of Cupertino for answering our Prayers and now we are a license Pharmacist.Thank you thank you a lot..
January 28th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
oh great st. joseph of cupertino please pray for us (Anna Lou, Ryfell) that our name is in the passing list of the January 26-27 Pharmacy Licensure Examination.Please obtain for me the like favor when the January 2010 Pharmacy result will be released.In return, I promise to invoke you and make you known through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:43 am
dear St. Joseph of Cupertino, please pray for us (Abella, Cresilda; Darvin, Kristel Camille; De Guzman, Junella Paola; Lacson, Adrian Macale)to pass the Physical Therapy Board Exam on January 24-25, 2010. Help us to remember the subject we (APK, MES and PT application) reviewed and used of our stock knowledge while taking or answering the exam. in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit amen.
reply: thank you St. Joseph of Cupertino. for the prayers and now we are a license Physical/Physiotherapist or Rehabilitation Medicine the result was released lately(January 27, 2009 @ 9:00pm). thank you for successful examination that you have given us. thank you for answering our prayers and petition. Guys this is true! just pray this prayer and do your best in exam! THANK YOU St. JOSEPH OF CUPERTINO!
January 20th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Oh Great St. Joseph of Cupertino, who while on earth was given the grace of being. the result of my exam has not yet released and its never too late to tell you my petition, to be part of the passing list of the nov. 29-30 2009 nursing licensure examination. Please obtain for me the like favor when the nov. 2009 nle result released in the first quarter of this year . In return, I promise to invoke you, to glorify your name forever and to make you known through Christ,
Our Lord. Amen.
January 19th, 2010 at 6:01 am
Oh Great St. Joseph of Cupertino, who while on earth was given the grace of being asked in your examination only the questions I know. Please obtain for me the like favor in these ppr examination which I am now preparing for. I Bernice, promise to invoke you and to make you known through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
January 16th, 2010 at 5:03 am
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 the nclex Examination. In return, I promise to invoke you and to make you known through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.