the
value of our work is not only conferred on it by the "good
intention" we put into it or the morning offering we make to
God; it also has a value in itself, as a participation in God's
creative and redemptive work and as service to our brothers. We read
in one of the Vatican II documents, in "Gaudium et Spes,"
that it is by "his labor [that] a man ordinarily supports
himself and his family, is joined to his fellow men and serves them,
and can exercise genuine charity and be a partner in the work of
bringing divine creation to perfection. Indeed, we hold that through
labor offered to God man is associated with the redemptive work of
Jesus Christ" (No. 67).
The
work that one does is not as important as that for which he does it.
This re-establishes a certain parity, beneath distinctions -- which
are sometimes unjust and scandalous -- in position and pay. A person
who has done the most humble jobs in life can be of greater "value"
than those people who hold positions of great prestige.http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/if-anyone-will-not-work-let-him-not-eat
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