Practical devotion of the day: avoiding the vice of idleness

1. The troubles of idleness. Every vice is a punishment to itself; the proud one despairs of his humiliations, the envious one saddens with anger, the dishonest one becomes cold with his passion, the idle one dies of boredom! How happy is the life of those who work, although they live in poverty! On the face of the idler, though gouache in gold, you see yawning, boredom and melancholy: punishments of idleness. Why do you find long time? Isn't it because you are idle?

2. The malice of idleness. The Holy Spirit says that idleness is the father of vices; David and Solomon are enough to prove it. In idle hours, how many bad ideas came to our minds! How many sins have we committed! Meditate on yourself: in moments of idleness, of day, of. night, alone or in company, do you have anything to reproach yourself? Is not idleness wasting precious time that we will have to give close account to the Lord?

3. Idleness, condemned by God. The law of work was written by God in the third commandment. You will work six days, in the seventh you will rest. Universal, divine law, which embraces all states and all conditions; whoever breaks it without just cause will give an account to God. You will eat bread soaked with the sweat of your brow, God said to Adam; whoever does not work, does not eat, said Saint Paul. Think about it that you spend many hours in idleness ...

PRACTICE. - Don't waste time today; work in such a way as to reap many merits for Eternity