What Exactly Is Human Work?
What is Human Work? Let's step back today and consider the question: "What is human work?" Yes, we're getting into some philosophy and theology here and it's important that we do. Here's why: We spend most of our waking hours working. Our work can and should serve both a practical and, more importantly, a spiritual end. Work has both a personal and a social role: It benefits not only each of us as individuals, but also society as a whole. Don't be put off by those two words: philosophy and theology . Philosophy simply helps us analyze things by making distinctions. Theology takes those distinctions and interprets them in the light of our Holy Faith. Which means we will come to understand the meaning of work from a Catholic perspective. And don't worry. This process won't be overly-complicated. Our guide will be Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski's great gook Working Your Way Into Heaven , which we've been discussing in recent posts. So w...