Today
the church celebrates the feast of St. Joseph the worker. It is a day to
reflect on our collaboration in God’s work. Here
are two diametrically opposed ways of looking at work: it can be seen as a
curse or as co-creation with God. Both views are present in the Bible but the
general thrust of the Church’s teaching is the latter. Through work we share in
the creative action of God.
We
know from the gospels that Joseph was a carpenter – indeed Jesus is identified
by Joseph’s trade on a few occasions. This was, and is, skilled work that
needed a variety of talents. Working with natural materials the carpenter can
bring useful and beautiful things into being. And that should be how we see our
work – whatever we do for a living.
Work properly approached and
freely undertaken can lead us to God as we realise our part in his creative
action, as we undertake tasks that are useful to others, and in the words of
Mother Teresa, make something beautiful for God. Work becomes a curse when we
make it an idol or the only thing that matters in our lives. It also becomes a
curse when men and women are defrauded of their just wages, and against that
sin the Church’s voice needs to be raised loud and clear.
From his place in heaven, St. Joseph is the patron saint of the
universal Church. It is to the Church that God gives the promise
that He will strengthen us in all our responsibilities, in the promises that we
make, in our vocation as a disciple of Jesus. We trust that Joseph
continues to pray for the Church universal, and for each of us as members of
that Church, in our work for the Kingdom.
Faith nourished by prayer: this is the most precious
treasure that Saint Joseph transmits to us. Generations of fathers have
followed in his footsteps who, with the example of a simple and laborious life,
imprinted on their children's souls the inestimable value of faith, without
which every other good runs the risk of being in vain. So even now, Let us assure
all fathers a special prayer, on the day dedicated to them and ask God
that they be men of a robust interior life, in order to
fulfill their mission in the family and society in an exemplary
way.
Am I aware that my daily work is rooted in the Work of God
the Father?
May St. Joseph pray
for us that we through our work may bring many people to God.
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| Sr.Santana Rosario |
HAPPY FEAST
!!!!!!!!
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