When Joseph obeyed the command of the angel in his dream, he was following a long tradition of obedience to God’s messengers. He could not, like Mary, reverse the disobedience of our first parents by his simple consent to God’s plan. Today’s gospel (Matthew 1: 18-24) relates the circumstances in which Joseph considered “putting Mary [...]
From Adam working the garden to Christ doing the works of the Father, the Scriptures prominently feature the theme of work. In his second letter to the Thessalonians, Saint Paul goes so far as to say that all those who do not work should not eat (3:10). But, why? What is the significance of work? [...]
For Karl Marx, man is by nature productive, his value is in economic output. Any theory that reduces a person’s value to a producer or a consumer, misses the mark. In contrast, the Church begins with man’s inherent human dignity. It is not work that makes man valuable, instead “the primordial value of labor stems [...]