Bishop Strickland . . . St. Joseph The Worker And The Dignity Of Human Work
By MOST REV. JOSEPH STRICKLAND On May 1, the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. That is why I felt it was an appropriate time to reflect upon the creative and redemptive value of all human work, especially when it is joined to Jesus Christ the Worker. Many years ago, on May 1, some Communist regimes paraded their weapons of destruction through the streets of major cities. They called it May Day and International Workers Day. The Marxists proclaimed that a workers’ paradise could be achieved through a counterfeit ideology which promised a new man and a new society without need for a Savior. They were wrong. It was during that historical period that the Catholic…Continue Reading