Practical devotion of the day: sanctifying one's duties

1. Each state has its duties. Everyone knows and says it, but how do you expect it? It is easy to criticize others, the disobedient son, the idle woman, the idle servant, those who do not do what they must; But you think about yourself: do you do your duty? In the state that Providence gave you, as a son, a woman, a pupil, a mother, a superior, a worker, an employee, do you fulfill all your obligations from morning to evening? Can you say yes frankly? Do you wait for you constantly?

2. Rules to look forward to you well. It would be messy to do duty on whim, out of vainglory, mechanically. Therefore: 1 / let us do our duty willingly; 2 ° we prefer what is obligatory to what is free, although more perfect; 3 ° we do not undertake business which is incompatible with eternal health, or which is too impeded; 4 ° we do not transgress any duty, although it seems a small thing. Do you use these rules?

3. Sanctification of one's duty. It is one thing to work well humanly, it is another to work in a holy way. Even a Turk; a Jew, a Chinese can do his duty well, but what good is it for his soul? Every little thing is valid for holiness, for eternity, if: 1 ° it is done in the grace of God; 2 ° if it is made for the glory of God. By using these two means, how easy it is to become holy, without an extraordinary life! Think about it…

PRACTICE. - Overcome all laziness in your duty. In trouble say: For God's sake.