Living Our Faith: Spirituality of work

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A Palestinian carpenter carves a wooden figurine of Jesus Dec. 11, 2009, at a workshop next to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Jesus' work as a carpenter showed that work is meant to sanctify daily life, bringing God's presence into the activities and moments of each day. (CNS photo/Abed Al Hashlamoun, EPA)
A Palestinian carpenter carves a wooden figurine of Jesus Dec. 11, 2009, at a workshop next to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Jesus’ work as a carpenter showed that work is meant to sanctify daily life, bringing God’s presence into the activities and moments of each day. (CNS photo/Abed Al Hashlamoun, EPA)

Work presents us with an opportunity to grow in our relationship with God.
It becomes a sacred endeavor when exercised with love, integrity and gratitude, benefiting self, family, co-workers and society.
 Work sanctifies — makes holy — us and those around us.
Through the mystery of his incarnation, death and resurrection, Jesus gives redemptive meaning to work.