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Indeed, our mundane duties are part of our calling. It may actually be easier to manage ourselves when the stakes are higher. For example, it may be easier to summon the necessary courage to act rightly in a disaster than it is to muster the gumption to take out the trash so other people in the house have to smell it all day.
While we have an obligation to accept the work of the moment, even if that is waiting in a traffic jam, with grace, we don’t have to surrender to needless modern distractions or to go through life not planning for efficiency. We may have to wait in traffic jams, but we aren’t under any obligation to make one more run to the mall, for example.
The truth is that by planning and setting the right priorities, we can reduce or eliminate a lot of the more unpleasant moments of life, and that planning is also a duty we must discharge.
The present moment. It can affect your eternity; or it can be drowned out by the infinity of ever-passing moments. Routine tasks like brushing your teeth, and saying your prayers well.
I am often consoled by the thought that the God of all creation willed to become flesh and dwell in mundane obscurity for most of his earthly life. Indeed, he sanctified all of it and bestowed upon it infinite value! Thank you for the enriching thoughts, Mr. Guzman.
I just heard about this website last evening on EWTN and have enjoyed reading this post. I woke up this morning feeling a bit out of sorts thinking of a few issues my wife and I are facing right now; a disagreement between our son and daughter, an unexpected medical bill, a problem with an area of siding on the house that will need replacing and few other challenges with our jobs. But after a few moments of prayer I understood this is where God has me (and my wife) today and to your point; “All of these things are the little duties that God requires of us”, so thank you. I look forward to new posts from you and I appreciate the sharing of others here.
Needed so much to hear this today, to brush away the paralyzing dreams of greatness and to find the will (and courage!) to take hold of the duties at hand and just “get on with it.” I was struck and moved by your phrase, that we must embrace the seeming banality “with all the zeal of a saint.” I’ll be getting on with things now (at least for today)… Thanks brother!
Thank you, Mr. G.!
One of our parish priests likes to remind us that Jesus was a regular guy, just like us. He was the carpenter’s son who grew up with us. Who does he think he is telling us all of this stuff? He made the regular stuff holy: the water that he was baptized in, the wine that we drink, the bread and the fish that we eat. It’s just regular stuff, but it’s from God. Our priest tells us to expect to encounter Jesus in the regular stuff and people of life, like in each other. I read that Mother Seton said that we should do the will of God every day, and be happy doing it. Thank you for the reminder, Sam
Great Post. I have a calling to pray for some people and I go “why Lord I want to ‘Do something’ ! ” and I can lose perspective. This is a Keeper Post to hit that Little Reset button in our heads
Great post Sam!
Great post Sam, Holiness starts now right where we are!
Acedia is such a modern problem with the constant distractions with which we are bombarded, and most are not even aware the difficulty in overcoming it. Thanks for the great article.