Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Some Great Thoughts on Labor Day!

Labor is a powerful medicine.
St. John Chrysostom: Homilies. (14th century)

Labor is our portion lest we should make this world our rest and not hope for the hereafter.
St. John Chrysostom: Homilies. (14th century)

To labor is to pray. (Laborare est orare.)
Motto of the Benedictines. (16th century)

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.
St. Bernard: On Consideration (12th century)

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