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There is no separation between work and prayer

Work is work and there's harmony in it when the dignity it deserves is allowed to thrive naturally. The greatest teaching manual labor provides a contemplative practice is that there is no separation between work and prayer: work is prayer and prayer is work.

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As seed germinates in silent, fertile soil, may the seed of the Divine Word be nourished in the silence of your soul.

~ Anonymous