tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post6580851375481800873..comments2023-08-17T06:06:23.531-04:00Comments on Ibo et Non Redibo: Thou Hast Sanctified the Work of My Hands?John Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07309411001384211788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-52004246134310475822014-02-08T10:56:07.350-05:002014-02-08T10:56:07.350-05:00Thank you Catholic Foodie for your comments. I com...Thank you Catholic Foodie for your comments. I completely agree. I believe that it is in our very nature to do manual work (not to mention that our bodies benefit from this from a health perspective). True, our society has advanced quite far technologically and so much physical work has been replaced. But let us not forget that the work we do, even the mundane actions that we don't particularly enjoy, forms us and makes us who we are. We may not immediately understand how we are being formed, but something is happening to our character.<br />I recently heard a beautiful story about how struggle (physical labour?) is absolutely necessary to make us into 'real' people. Just this week I was at a Theology on Tap event at which the speaker shared the following true story: A certain person was observing how a butterfly was trying to break out of its cocoon. He noticed that it was struggling quite a bit so he decided to help it by tearing the cocoon and letting it out. He did so and soon after the butterfly died. He asked a friend of his who is a biologist and his friend told him that the struggle in the cocoon is formative for the butterfly. It is at this point that its "muscles" (do butterflies have muscles??) develop which later allow it to fly, etc. I think it is the same for us.<br />Artur Suski, S.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01083258350492898528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-2759444875239787322014-01-30T08:02:24.906-05:002014-01-30T08:02:24.906-05:00Thank you very much for this. Reinventing a spirit...Thank you very much for this. Reinventing a spirituality of work… I like that.claire bangasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380558962103134334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-843648340353191342014-01-29T09:14:31.200-05:002014-01-29T09:14:31.200-05:00Excellent article! I wonder, though, if some of th...Excellent article! I wonder, though, if some of the dissatisfaction that most of us have with our work stems from the system itself. And by "system" I mean our modern society. <br /><br />In the days of St. Benedict and St. Ignatius, daily life for the majority of the population was characterized by manual labor. Even "white collar" workers could not escape some sort of manual labor. Society back then simply did not have the modern "conveniences" that we have today. Perhaps there is something about being in nature and working with our hands that fulfills the human spirit more than sitting at a desk in an office working with our minds for most of the day. Just a thought. Thank you for this article! We need more Catholic conversation about work, I think.The Catholic Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09981331545985151785noreply@blogger.com