sanctification of work

We can make ourselves holy in every situation in which God places us, and therefore we can do so in family life, looking after the home and the children, in our workshop or at our work-table. The Carthusian sanctifies himself in contemplation and St. Joseph became holy at his bench. The Carmelite in fasting and the mother in bringing well-being and joy to her home. Wherever God has placed you, in your home, your office, in your social circle, you have a fixed task to perform—it is not your neighbour’s, it is yours—and according to God’s intention, it ought to sanctify you if, there where you are, you live your Christianity to the full. Where God has put you, you are irreplaceable, you are given an apostolate that no one else but you can discharge. Do not look for another field of action, it is there that you will sanctify yourself by making your brethren holy.