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Balancing Work
Week 3
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A

Overview

  • While work itself is not bad, it can become unhealthy and take over our lives. This is an age-old problem and one of the reason the sabbath is part of our tradition.
  • This is a particularly difficult problem today, with always-on communication, crazy work expectations, rejected vacation time, lack of paid family leave, etc.
  • As Lily Tomlin famously put it, even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat. The drive to over-invest ourselves into work begs the question, "What is success?"
Book Connections

The focus for this week connects with the following chapters in the small group process and book by Gregory F. Augustine Pierce, both available for purchase from us at The Pastoral Center.
View the week 3 public page for more ideas.

Lectionary Readings

Reading texts: U.S. Bishops website
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - A

First Reading

Second Reading

Gospel

Faith@Work Connections

The Gospel is of a wedding banquet where invitations are ignored by some, who instead decide to work! This is an obvious entry point for considering how our work can get in the way of the joy of the Gospel, however we experience it.  See the overview above for ways to develop this topic.

Public Link

Direct parishioners to: http://gospel.link/faithatwork3

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