Holiness in work

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In the Saint Joseph Prayers and Devotions Booklet, it stated:
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We find peace and holiness in work done with love for God.    

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CyrilSebastian said:
In the Saint Joseph Prayers and Devotions Booklet, it stated:
Code: 
We find peace and holiness in work done with love for God.    

 Please express your viewpoint.       

   :gopray2::byzsoc::heaven:
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Offering everything we do up to God. Even the most trivial task, as The Little Flower St. Teresa did.
 
CyrilSebastian said:
In the Saint Joseph Prayers and Devotions Booklet, it stated:
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We find peace and holiness in work done with love for God.    

 Please express your viewpoint.       

   :gopray2::byzsoc::heaven:
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I believe it means peace and holiness are found in works we don’t do for “self glory” to look good, but for the Glory of God.
Mary.
 
I just happen to be reading Furrow by St Josemaria Escriva and am on the chapter entitled “work”. The great saint says things like:

482 Work is man’s original vocation. It is a blessing from God, and those who consider it a punishment are sadly mistaken.

485 Jesus’ thirty-three years!.. thirty were spent in… submission and work!

496 Here is a mission for ordinary Christians which is heroic and will always be relevant to the present day: to carry out in a holy way all different kinds of occupations even those that seem the least promising.

517 Sanctifying one’s work is no fantastic dream, but the mission of every Christian - yours and mine.

I agree with him.
 
I can’t help but think of the famous “Ora et Labora” from the Rule of Saint Benedict. Monks were often thought of as personifying the contemplative life, but the active life of work has its place as well, and can be as much a means of sanctification as interior or liturgical prayer.

Western monasticism–and truly even Western devotional life–was intended to be something much more grounded and incarnate than the ethereal devotional life of the East. Monte Cassino was not to be Mount Athos. This monastic ethos came eventually to permeate all of Western Christendom. Thus, the layman, whose primary role is work in the secular world, has a rich devotional tradition of active life to build upon in sanctifying his daily work and offering it up to God.

I hope this helps. God bless.
 
I know that my vocation in life is given to me by God. I know it is designed to sanctify me and lead my family to sanctification. If I apply my Christian beliefs the best I can I will be doing God’s will. This is pleasing to God. He shows me His love for me and my family by helping me with His graces in the performance of my Christian duties. And even when things don’t seem to go right, as long as I trust Him He solves my problems. This brings confidence in the love He has for me, and my family. It is a confidence that brings peace, as long as I let Him handle it. I turn to St.Joseph and ask him to help me in my difficulties. I see him as a Patron saint to Fathers I do offer all the works and sufferings to God.
 
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