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by bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | balance, Calendar, daily life, Featured, In the Workplace, News, Prayer, quiet, silence, Surrender & Strength, Technology, Work | 0 |
As busy people with compounding responsibilities, isn’t it becoming more and more difficult to find time just to think? Commiserating with colleagues and friends, we share how our workdays are filled with an almost obsessed focus on getting as much wor…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Cardinal Virtues, daily life, daily work, fasting, Featured, holiness, In the Workplace, mortification, News, Pope John Paul II, Self-control, self-mastery, temperance, virtues, Work | 0 |
In his first four Wednesday audiences, Pope St. John Paul II taught about the cardinal virtues. He was continuing what John Paul I had started before his sudden death. In his catechesis, John Paul II defined temperance quite simply: “A temp…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Cardinal Virtues, courage, daily work, Featured, Fortitude, holiness, In the Workplace, News, Virtue, workplace | 0 |
Over the last few weeks, we have been looking at the four cardinal virtues. We have also been looking at how those virtue are practiced in the workplace. The virtues are good habits. Therefore, we do not practice the virtues in only one sphere of our l…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 27, 2022 | Evangelization, Featured, Humility, In the Workplace, joy, News, piety, sign of the Cross, Surrender & Strength, Virtue, witness | 0 |
I have written before about the public witness of the sign of the Cross. Countless business meals have turned into faith discussions, perhaps because of the simple act of making the sign of the cross and blessing the meal. I don’t know whether I see th…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Between the Sundays, cardinal virtue, daily life, Featured, holiness, In the Workplace, Justice, News, Virtue, Work | 0 |
Last week we began looking at the cardinal virtues. The practice of the other virtues hinges on the four cardinal virtues. Pre-Christian philosophers like Plato and Aristotle recognized these virtues as the foundation of a good society. What am I due? …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Between the Sundays, cardinal virtue, holiness, In the Workplace, judgment, News, prudence, Virtue, Work | 0 |
Several months ago in this column, I wrote about what a virtue is and what that looks like in every day life. As a refresher, we want to remember that a virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good (CCC 1804). The virtuous person seek…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 29, 2022 | adversity, autism, challenges, child, diversity, In the Workplace, leader, leadership, lessons, News, patience, Surrender & Strength | 0 |
I have been leading people since I was a 16 year old in high school working at a restaurant. Leadership has always been a passion for me. But after years of study, reading dozens of leadership books, listening to mentors and accumulating great ex…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 1, 2022 | employment, Featured, In the Workplace, Job, job search, Labor Day, News, prayer life, resume, Surrender & Strength, underemployed, Unemployment, Work | 0 |
I have had the good fortune during my career to meet countless men and women in the business world. They come from all parts of the country and cover most professions. Prominent among these good people are those who are unemployed, underemp…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 4, 2022 | Business, courage, Evangelization, Faith, Featured, Fortitude, Gospel, In the Workplace, News, office, professional life, Surrender & Strength, witness, Work | 0 |
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Do we ever stop to consider how many times a day our thinking and actions about our Catholic faith are influenced by a misguided concern for what others think of us? During the day, how many times have we missed …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2022 | active life, Between the Sundays, contemplative life, daily work, Featured, In the Workplace, Martha and Mary, News, Prayer, St. Martha, Work | 0 |
“Martha, Martha…” One of the options for the Gospel reading today, on this feast of Sts. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, contains a oft-misunderstood rebuke of St. Martha. You know the scene. Jesus and his Apostles have stopped by Bethany to fin…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 28, 2022 | Business, daily prayer, Examen, In the Workplace, News, Prayer, self-examination, st. Ignatius, Surrender & Strength | 0 |
This weekend we celebrate the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. I thought it was a good time to return to one of my favorite prayer tools for Catholic professionals: the daily Examen. Over the years I have had numerous discus…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 23, 2022 | Evangelization, Faith, In the Workplace, News, St. Josemaría Escrivá, Surrender & Strength, Work | 0 |
Photo by Grant Whitty on Unsplash Let us ask Our Lord Jesus for light, and beg him to help us discover, at every moment, the divine meaning which transforms our professional work into the hinge on which our calling to sanctity rests and turns. In the G…
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