Jul 27, 2020
Jesus' parable of the treasure hidden in the earth teaches us to focus not just on surface-level appearances and image management, but to be concerned with the inner motivation of our hearts in all of our work. Our treasure lies hidden in doing all that do in union with Jesus for love of God and love of our neighbor...
Jul 27, 2020
Jesus' parables about the Kingdom of God encourage us to be patient and wait for God to bring fruitfulness from our daily labors. The weeds and the wheat and the mustard seed remind us that we won't see the fruit of our labors in this lifetime, and many times they will be mixed with evils out of our control, but God...
Jul 13, 2020
The purpose of our work is much more than just to make money. By our work, we co-operate with God in setting creation free from corruption, bringing it to completion as something beautiful and useful for the service of mankind. God also works on us as his handiwork, setting us free from all kinds of slavery, in order...
Jul 6, 2020
Jesus wants to teach us a new way of working as we 'yoke up' with him and learn from his meekness and humility before the Father and our fellow man. In this episode, Father Ryan speaks about Jesus' way of working and how we can come into deeper union with the Spirit of Jesus through our free choice of how we engage in...
Jul 6, 2020
Jesus himself chose to work as a manual laborer for most of his earthly life. The Church has reflected a lot on the dignity of work in imitation of Jesus and St. Joseph. In this episode, Fr. Ryan speaks about our work as a means of our salvation as we take up our cross daily with Jesus, serve those most in need, and...