This is Holy Family School of Faith.

Welcome to our Rosary meditation.

I know it's Saturday for you, but it's still Friday night for me, and I've been blessed to enjoy a wonderful evening with

family and friends over snacks and drinks and good conversation and now we're going to

pray the rosary. So let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy

Spirit. Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

Today we met at Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

Today we meditate on the Christian meaning of work

as expressed in the Catechism paragraph 306.

God is the sovereign master of his plan, but to carry it out, he also makes use of his

creatures cooperation. This use is not a sign of weakness, but rather a token of Almighty God's greatness and goodness.

For God grants his creatures not only their existence, but also the dignity of acting on

their own, of being causes and principles for each other, and of

cooperating in the accomplishment of his plan.

To human beings, God even gives the power of freely sharing in His providence by entrusting them with the responsibility of subduing the earth and having dominion over it.

God thus enables men to be intelligent and free causes in order to complete the work of creation

to perfect its harmony for their own good and that of their neighbors.

In this passage, the Catechism is teaching us the twofold meaning and goodness of work.

Through work, we participate in the work of creation.

That is, we become more human and more divine through our work.

Secondly, if we unite our work to the redeeming work of Jesus on the cross, then our work can help us and others avoid

hell and become Saints.

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