Dare Great Things For Christ

The very first Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis centered on the theme of evangelization. What does his message have to say to us involved in the secular world in professions that don’t seem directly involved in the life of the evangelizer?  How can we be missionary disciples today?

We often emphasize the difficulty of work.  Toil, labor, sweat, pain – difficulties in many forms.  But we don’t always take the time to emphasize the positive aspects, including work seen in the light of the Resurrection.

Work sometimes seems more like a rat race than anything else.  Putting in time everyday, dedicating our labor to things, we wonder what the real point is?  Many people even look for purpose outside of their work, saying that their work really is purposeless.  I wonder what Christ thinks about that?  In today’s talk I want to focus us in on the real meaning of progress – the real point of our work.

We all have to work but not all of know why in the world we should!  A lot of young people today prefer to stay in the basements of their parent’s homes rather than get a job.  A lot of parents prefer to wait until their child is out of college before getting their first job.  What does the church have to say about this?  What about God’s wisdom?  Let’s take a look and go deeper!

After six days of creation, God rested.  What does this mean?  How do I balance work and rest?  In today’s continuation on our series on the spirituality of work, we look at the importance of rest in the life of the worker.