Taking Your Work on Pilgrimage

This life is a pilgrimage.

Dante, Lewis, Dylan–they’d all agree.

The One Thing Necessary is there at the End–from the Beginning.

. . . We climb the Mountain of The Lord. . . .

So how can we take our work on pilgrimage?

First, we can work for love of God. Mother Theresa emphasized the need to bring love into work. If we are working for our eternal Father who loves us greatly, won’t we strive to be faithful in excellence in our work?

Second, the Work Examine–regular times during which we reflect upon our work. St. Bernard of Clairvaux said that we cannot become a saint (a person who loves God and others and the work given), unless we reflect.

Third, when we fail–to error is human–we can remember these words by Bruno Lanteri: It is good that you humbled me: now I begin.

Chesterton says that anything worth doing is worth doing badly. He doesn’t mean we aim for shoddy work. But he means for us to try, to start, to act . . .

Take your work on pilgrimage.

Cordially,