Philip Kosloski on Why Work Must Be Followed by Rest

"Recent studies claim that the average work week is gradually increasing, with more and more people working an average of 50 hours a week. What isn't readily recorded is the recent rise in stay-at-home jobs, where the line is often blurred between work and family life.

"Furthermore, in many parts of the world Sunday is no longer a day of rest, and is simply included in the work week in order to get certain projects completed. As a result, the concept of rest is slowly disappearing from many people’s lives.

"In response, Jesus would say, “from the beginning it was not so” (Matthew 19:8). . . ."

In a recent commentary, writer Philip Kosloski reflected on the encyclical of St. John Paul II, Laborem Exercens. in which he wrote that we need to look at the book of Genesis to understand the dignity of our work, "as well as our inherent need to rest."

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Aleteia; Philip Kosloski: Why work must always be followed by rest, according to St. John Paul II (2 SEP 19)