Brooms, buttons, dishwater, and restoring all things in Christ

“You see, this is the essence of our vocation: to connect an ordinary and seemingly boring life with its repetitious details, with Love Who is God. Then the boredom vanishes, and a day spent in sorting buttons is glorious. Then a day at the typewriter, when your back is aching and your mind reeling with tiredness, is a day that has redeemed many souls; how many, God alone knows. We must have that awareness and make that connection. If it isn’t made, it is a wasted day. What a horrible and a tragic thought that one of the most precious gifts of God, time, has been wasted. 

"In a word, Christ is waiting for you to become aware of him and [the work] that he has confided to you, by becoming aware of the connection between brooms, dishwater, lettering-typing, tidiness and the restoration of the world.  Dearly Beloved, when, when is this going to happen?”

~Catherine Doherty

Seek the Lord and live.  ~Amos 5:6

Oh my Jesus, how glorious every moment is because You are there!  Yes, even amid the the brooms, buttons and dishwater, I will find You if I seek You with all my heart.  And finding You, I shall indeed live and have some small but blessed share in Your work of restoring the world.  Amen!  Alleluia!