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I have an opportunity to take a job, operator for a utility company to be exact, that requires shift work. Twelve hour night shifts followed by a few days off followed by short period of day shifts and a few days off, etc. About once a month I would have a full seven days off.
I have a wife and two small daughters which I love dearly and my wife has told me we could make things work if we need to.
Right now we can barely make ends meet and are actually losing money. Our finances aren’t quite yet a mess but they are approaching it quickly. We have had to stop giving to the Church, charity, etc. This job, if I pass a certification test, has potential to pay me more money than I ever thought I was capable of making.
My question, and I feel like my only problem, is what will this do to my faith? There will be times that I will not be able to go to Mass at all on Saturday or Sunday, Holy Days of Obligation, and I wouldn’t be able to spend holidays with family or anything. I know that police, firefighter,etc. have to work around this kind of thing. I just don’t know. Would I be doing something wrong by taking this job? How do other people work around it? It’s frustrating because I feel like I’m caught between God and doing what is good for my family.
I know that missing Mass and such will not always be a problem but it feels so wrong to accept a job knowing full well that you will not be able to participate and risking family and faith for the money.
I have a wife and two small daughters which I love dearly and my wife has told me we could make things work if we need to.
Right now we can barely make ends meet and are actually losing money. Our finances aren’t quite yet a mess but they are approaching it quickly. We have had to stop giving to the Church, charity, etc. This job, if I pass a certification test, has potential to pay me more money than I ever thought I was capable of making.
My question, and I feel like my only problem, is what will this do to my faith? There will be times that I will not be able to go to Mass at all on Saturday or Sunday, Holy Days of Obligation, and I wouldn’t be able to spend holidays with family or anything. I know that police, firefighter,etc. have to work around this kind of thing. I just don’t know. Would I be doing something wrong by taking this job? How do other people work around it? It’s frustrating because I feel like I’m caught between God and doing what is good for my family.
I know that missing Mass and such will not always be a problem but it feels so wrong to accept a job knowing full well that you will not be able to participate and risking family and faith for the money.