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Human work proceeds directly from persons created in the image of God and
called to prolong the work of creation by subduing the earth, both with and for
one another.²⁰⁹ Hence work is a duty: “If any one will not work,
let him not eat.”²¹⁰ Work honors the Creator’s gifts and the
talents received from him. It can also be redemptive. By enduring the hardship
of work²¹¹ in union with Jesus, the carpenter of Nazareth and the one
crucified on Calvary, man collaborates in a certain fashion with the Son of God
in his redemptive work. He shows himself to be a disciple of Christ by carrying
the cross, daily, in the work he is called to accomplish.²¹² Work can
be a means of sanctification and a way of animating earthly realities with the
Spirit of Christ.

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team

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