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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:ON WORK AND PRAYER \nFrom “The Divine Milieu” by Fr Teilhard de Chardin \n◊◊◊ \nOur work appears to us\, in the main\, as a way of earning our daily bread. \nBut its essential virtue is of a higher order: through it we complete in ourselves \nthe subject of the divine union; and through it again we augment in some sense\, \nin relation to ourselves\, the divine end of that union\, Our Lord Jesus Christ. \nHence whatever our human function may be…we can\, if we are Christians\, \nspeed towards the object of our work as though towards an outlet open on the \nsupreme fulfillment of our beings. \nWe ought to accustom ourselves to this basic truth till we are steeped in it\, \nuntil it becomes as familiar to us as the perception of relief or the reading of \nwords. God…is waiting for us at every moment in our action\, in our work of the \nmoment… \nI do not think I am exaggerating when I say that nine out of ten practicing \nChristians feel that work is always at the level of a ‘spiritual encumbrance.’ In \nspite of the practice of right intentions\, and the day offered every morning to \nGod\, the general run of the faithful dimly feel that time spent at the office or the \nstudio\, in the fields or in the factory\, is time diverted from prayer and adoration. \nOn the contrary\, try\, with God’s help\, to perceive the connection even \nphysical and natural which binds your labor with the building of the Kingdom of \nHeaven; try to realize that heaven itself smiles upon you and\, through your \nworks\, draws you to itself; then…you will remain with only one feeling\, that of \ncontinuing to immerse yourself in God. If your work is dull or exhausting\, take \nrefuge in the inexhaustible and becalming interest of progressing in the divine \nlife. If your work enthralls you\, then allow the spiritual impulse which matter \ncommunicates to you to enter into your taste for God whom you know better \nand desire more under the veil of His works. Never\, at any time\, “whether eating \nor drinking\,” consent to do anything without first of all realizing its significance \nand constructive value in Christ Jesus\, and pursuing it with all your might… For \nwhat is sanctity in a creature if not to cleave to God with the maximum of his \nstrength?… \nMay the time come when men\, having been awakened to a sense of the \nclose bond linking all the movements of this world in the unique work of the \nIncarnation\, shall be unable to give themselves to a single one of their tasks \nwithout illuminating it with the clear vision that their work – however \nelementary it may be – is received and made use of by a Center of the universe.
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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