Redemption and Chores
Posted March 7th, 2010
It could be that our daily chores are not so much a punishment but, rather, an opportunity. It could be, I suggest, that what seems so mundane as laundry and even liturgy could be an invitation from God to see redemption in a whole new light. When he gave men and women chores, perhaps he gave us a way to return to paradise, only this time a paradise within.
Perhaps the key is to care. Perhaps the key is learning and practicing care -- caring enough to engage these chores and fight off acedia, not by doing more work but by understanding work in a new light.
Perhaps redemption can be seen as a chore, as routine and in need of being practiced as washing the dishes.
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