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The Mystery of Work - Saints, Popes, Mystics, Seculars Reflect on Christ's Words: "Without Me You Can Do Nothing" (Paperback)
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The Mystery of Work - Saints, Popes, Mystics, Seculars Reflect on Christ's Words: "Without Me You Can Do Nothing" (Paperback)
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Loot Price R446
Discovery Miles 4 460
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What this book teaches is a new way to regard work, and a new way
to go about the work we do. The book comprises scores of mostly
brief reflections by saints, mystics, popes, and theologians all
who tell us that work-even toilsome work-has great dignity when
accomplished as a form of service to God. The reflections in this
book tell us that we should look upon the work we do, even the most
ordinary of acts, as something that God has given us to do. And
even more extraordinary, as something God wants to do with us. Once
we think of work in this way, we then need to ask ourselves "how"
we work. What becomes important is not what kind of work we do, but
how we do it. We must also ask ourselves is God interested in these
things we do all day long? Can these very ordinary acts realoly
have a spiritual aspect? Can they be a prayer? The Benedicine monks
have a motto, "To work is to pray." For most of us that thought has
probably never occured, that work itself could be a prayer, that
what we do all day long, whether at work or in the home, is of keen
interest to God, and can be pleasing to Him if done in the right
spirit. Jesus is the examplar of how any work is to be done. He
spent thirty years of his life doing the ordinary kinds of things
we do, and, as we know, the Father took delight in Him, saying,
"This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased." We must
remember what Scripture says, that God's "delight is to be with the
children of men." This book is designed to lead the reader into a
way of working that will delight the Father. To this end, a Study
Guide has been designed to help the reader approach the topic in a
systematic way. This Guide is currently being used profitably in
parishes for group book study. Many participants have exclaimed
that the book has made them feel very differently about work, even
about the most trivial tasks. The Study Guide may be freely
downloaded from the Logos Institute website: http:
//logosinstitute.org
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