If Today You Heard His Voice....
Jesus walked into a bar and sat down. The other patrons noticed Jesus and each decided to buy him a drink.
After he was finished, Jesus walked over to thank the patrons for their generosity and asked each if there was something they needed. The first said he was still grieving the death of his mother. So Jesus put his hand on the man and he was relieved of his anguish. The second said he was suffering from cancer. So Jesus put his hand on that man and he was cured.
As Jesus walked up to the third man, the man jumped away and said, "Don't touch me, Jesus. I'm on disability."
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Human work proceeds directly from the persons created in the image of God and called to prolong the work of creation by subduing the earth, both with and for one another. Hence work is a duty: "If any one will not work, let him not eat." Work honors the Creator's gifts and the talents received from him. It can also be redemptive. By enduring the hardship of work in union with Jesus, the carpenter of Nazateth and the one crucified on Calvary, man collaborates in a certain fashion with the Son of God in his redemptive work. He shows himself to be a disciple of Christ by carryng the cross, daily, in the work he is called to accomplish. Work can be a means of sanctification and a way of animating earthly realities with the Spirit of Christ. (Catholic Catechism Par. 2427)
After he was finished, Jesus walked over to thank the patrons for their generosity and asked each if there was something they needed. The first said he was still grieving the death of his mother. So Jesus put his hand on the man and he was relieved of his anguish. The second said he was suffering from cancer. So Jesus put his hand on that man and he was cured.
As Jesus walked up to the third man, the man jumped away and said, "Don't touch me, Jesus. I'm on disability."
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Human work proceeds directly from the persons created in the image of God and called to prolong the work of creation by subduing the earth, both with and for one another. Hence work is a duty: "If any one will not work, let him not eat." Work honors the Creator's gifts and the talents received from him. It can also be redemptive. By enduring the hardship of work in union with Jesus, the carpenter of Nazateth and the one crucified on Calvary, man collaborates in a certain fashion with the Son of God in his redemptive work. He shows himself to be a disciple of Christ by carryng the cross, daily, in the work he is called to accomplish. Work can be a means of sanctification and a way of animating earthly realities with the Spirit of Christ. (Catholic Catechism Par. 2427)
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