“Ultimately, work serves as an expression of charity, of love, and that is what all work really should be,” Father Basil explained. “This is a lesson we have to work all our lives to learn. Work is not something I do in order to get something. Doing it is good for me, it’s constitutive of my happiness, because in it and through it I show love for others. “We are called to love,” he added. “Work is a concerted way of showing our love for others. In that sense, it can become very transformative—and very prayerful too.” “Too often it’s seen as a burden, and it doesn’t have to be. If we approach
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