What Did The Early Christians Think About Work?
Last time we concluded our look at how Our Lord and His Apostles connected and collaborated through work with this: His example would eventually inspire them to work for the rest of their lives to spread His Good News. That work would build His Church, our Holy Catholic Church. We stand here today, members of His Church, because of their efforts. Now it's our turn to continue that work. To avoid any misunderstanding, though, the point wasn't that we're all going to run around and preach the Good News full time. In fact, even though some of the Apostles did apparently give up their regular jobs, some, like St. Paul did not. (If you remember, he talks about how he could justify doing so, but chose instead to support himself by his own labor rather than accept the charity of others. His choice.) In fact, until the Holy Spirit descended on them after Our Lord's Ascension, the Apostles went right back to their regular work after that first Easter. Remembe...