{"id":1027,"date":"2020-09-05T16:34:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T20:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2020-09-05T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T20:36:09","slug":"our-heart-should-be-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/our-heart-should-be-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Heart should be with God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1028\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/our-heart-should-be-with-god\/attachment\/sept_7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sept_7.jpg?fit=564%2C564&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"564,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sept_7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sept_7.jpg?fit=564%2C564&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sept_7.jpg?resize=604%2C604\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1028\" width=\"604\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sept_7.jpg?w=564&amp;ssl=1 564w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sept_7.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sept_7.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[B]y their competence in secular fields and by their personal activity, elevated from within by the grace of Christ, let them work vigorously so that by human labor, technical skill and civil culture, created goods may be perfected according to the design of the Creator and the light of his word.\u201d <strong>\u2013 Saint John Paul II<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIdleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.\u201d <strong>\u2013 St. Benedict<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The sanctification of ordinary work is, as it were, the hinge of true spirituality for people who, like us, have decided to come close to God while being at the same time fully involved in temporal affairs.\u201d <strong>\u2013 St. Josemaria Escriva<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are at Jesus\u2019 disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that\u2019s all right, everything is all right. We must say, \u2018I belong to you. You can do whatever you like.\u2019 And this is our strength. 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