The Greatest Act of Evangelization Possible

Hey everyone, it’s been a while since the last post. Apologies for that. It has been a bit wild around here since I was trying to wrap up some delivery for my clients prior to the birth of my daughter. Thankfully, she arrived Nov 12th at 10:02 pm and I’m starting to settle into the new routine (hit me up with any dad/parenting advice you might have).

As I’ve been thinking about what to write next, I kept reviewing past posts andthere is still a lot to write about. However, it feels like most of the things I want to write now are closely related to what has already been said.

Through this I realized something. This whole business of living our lives as exemplary Catholics while also being business owners is actually not as complicated as it might seem.

Over and over again, I arrive at the principle of developing our own faith, so that we may be an example to those around us. It’s not sexy. It’s just simple and, perhaps, above all, requires humility to leave the conversion to God.

Pursuing Our Own Conversion

Recently I finished reading The Spiritual Combat by Dom Lorenzo Scupoli, and a core principle of that book is, pursuit of our own internal conversion is the greatest thing we can do to advance the kingdom of God. The reason for this is, when we are truly devout in our faith, we will reflect Jesus to the world around us. Not through our own merits. In fact, mostly in spite of us. By imitating Jesus more closely, we become reflections or extensions of Him in a way because He lives in us.

The book offers a LOT of very helpful advice. However, the most memorable principles is that no part of holiness originates from us. Not even our own desire for God is from us. Even our ability to desire God and the things of God comes from God. Therefore, we must ask God even for the desire to love Him.

It’s humbling to realize we cannot even desiring God without His help. We are like utterly helpless children — like infants. We are in His hands — He’s taking care of us — protecting us — and nourishing us — and guiding us.

Yet, unlike newborns, we have a mind of our own and tend to think we are great. We think that we are the ones who live in virtue, and we are the ones who reach for God. We put a lot of weight on the us part of the equation. It’s an illusion the devil uses to twist good things into pride.

I’m convinced that if I can only master this single principle, I will be able to live a holy life, and I’ll be able to apply my faith to the way I run my company.

In a way, it’s embarrassing for me — here I am trying to uncover the secrets to being a Catholic Founder, yet the secrets are not so secret and not complicated.

What We Can Control

However, simple doesn’t mean easy. We must pursue this everything we have. The parts of our lives that we do control, like our schedule, need to be directed towards God.

Every hour of the day, we ought to make at least one act of praising God and asking for His help. After all, we are totally helpless without Him. If He stopped thinking about us for a single moment, we’d cease to exist.

So get out your calender right now, and slot in some spiritual communions in the space between meetings. Set alarms or reminders to lift your heart up to God. Even if it’s only a moment, it will help you unite your spirit with God and as a result, unite your work.

I personally find that it helps me to keep my work in context — to realize how work is not the most important thing in life. Often I get consumed by the stress and mission of my work and this helps me realize what’s really important.

Resolution

Now that you’ve made the necessary adjustments to your calendar, and resolved mentally to pursue this, you may want a peer group.

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