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How to Balance Work and Leisure - Bishop Robert Barron

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How to Balance Work and Leisure - Bishop Robert Barron

"Friends, as Pope St. John Paul II saw so clearly, there is a dignity and beauty to work. We express ourselves through our labor, and it conduces to the flourishing of both the individual and the society. On this week’s episode of the Word on Fire Show, we discuss the Catholic approach to work, leisure, and the relationship between the two. A listener asks: Does Jesus have a last name? 00:00 | Introduction 01:36 | Word on Fire turns 25! 02:54 | What is work? 04:53 | Understanding work within a fallen world 09:46 | Connecting human dignity and the dignity of work 12:59 | Prosperity vs. the prosperity gospel 15:28 | Is intellectual work better than manual, or vice versa? 17:37 | What if I'm unwilling to work? 20:50 | What if I'm unable to work? 21:35 | Understanding leisure 25:38 | How the Mass relates to play 29:57 | Relating work to leisure 32:24 | Listener question: Does Jesus have a last name?" from the video introduction


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