Before considering our call to faithful patience and steadfast acts of love amid suffering, even in the face of death [ref: RCL readings for Proper 17, Year A],

let’s offer prayerful thanksgiving this ‘Labor Day’ weekend 
for the labor of many others that is often taken for granted, 
but without which we would not live as we do... 

as well as ask God to keep us mindful of our roles in meeting the needs of others: 

"Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the common good; and, as we seek a proper return for our own labor, make us mindful of the rightful aspirations of other workers, and arouse our concern for those who are out of work; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen." 
(Collect for Labor Day in the Book of Common Prayer)