A Special Prayer To Help Us Sancitfy All Our Work Today
As we begin to approach the last laps of 2024 in our work lives, here an offering to help us sanctify all our work today. The endeavor to sanctify our work remains a full-bore thrust of this humble blog. Work, a necessity for most of us, can be one of our most powerful forms of prayer. It can help us to advance our cause to become saints. And, most important, it can help us grow closer to Christ. We recall that Jesus worked. We all have images of the Holy Family in their little home in Nazareth. There we find Mary keeping the home tidy and holy, St. Joseph assists her in this as he plies his trade. They raise Jesus, the Son of God, in manner conducive to His being both man and God. As a man, Jesus would need to work. We see Him assisting His foster Father, Joseph, in their little shop. All of this is part of His hidden life, the time before He began His public ministry. And that ministry was His work as well. Jesus, like all of us, worked for His living. And lest we think that we