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The servant-leader: guarding the dignity of work.

The Catholic World

| July 01, 1994 | Bausch, Thomas | COPYRIGHT 1994 Paulist Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Many of you will be familiar with the wonderful story of the three bricklayers who, when asked by a traveler to describe what they were doing, provided three different answers. The first said simply, "I am laying bricks." The second responded, "I am feeding my family by laying bricks." The third responded, "Through my work of laying bricks I am constructing a cathedral, and thereby giving honor and praise to the Lord."

Fulfillment through Work

In an ideal world each of us - bricklayers, plumbers, professors, bankers, homemakers, laborers, executives - would be like that third bricklayer, and more. Each of us is called through our work to become the ...

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