PRAYER PAUSE
Monday, 1 May 2017, St Joseph the Carpenter
WORK FOR
FOOD THAT ENDURES
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Do not work for food that cannot
last, but work for food that endures to eternal life, the kind of food the Son
of Man is offering you.” (John 6:22-29).
Reflection. The feast of St Joseph the Worker was
introduced in 1955 to give a religious dimension to the emphasis on the dignity
of workers promoted from the end of the 19th century onwards. Not
only is work a co-operation in the creation of God, bringing to perfection his
plan for his people but it is an intimate act of union with God. The family in
Nazareth, where Joseph works for the Lord of history in a direct daily way is
an astonishing model for what we do each day. To think of work as simply a means
of employment so as to care for one’s family is to stop at its most basic
meaning. It is far more. It is our way of becoming truly human by sinking
ourselves each day in acts that are truly creative in union with the Creator of
all.
Prayer. Lord, help us all to find
meaningful work and so to work as to bring about your purpose for our world. Amen.
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