Today, May 1, is International Workers’ Day, as well as the Feast
of St. Joseph the Worker. Interestingly, at the leadership seminar I attended this
past weekend, I came across an unusual image that made me think of the future
of the Mount Community—several women, side by side, working in a rice
field! I’m certainly not suggesting that the Mount should flood our lower field
to grow rice! However, the picture was interesting in that the women’s reflection
could be seen in the water, which led me to meditate about how, no matter what
work we might do in the future, we can be reflections of God during our time
together in the school of God’s service. As Pope Francis has noted, “Work, to
use an image, ‘anoints’ with dignity, fills us with dignity, makes us similar
to God who has worked and still works, who always acts.” Thus we are images of
God when we work, whether that be in a school or a rice field or a kitchen. And
when we work side by side, the reflection grows to become an image of the body
of Christ, which is a beautiful picture indeed.
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