I am one of those young men who live with their parents, though in my case I am pretty much unemployable, and not just unable to find a job. I sometimes fear what will happen to me when my parents are no longer able to take care of me. I also worry about those who cannot find jobs because I fear that many will be given the choice of either poverty or sinful work, and will choose the sinful work over poverty. I know that many of the jobs available are sinful for different reasons and that many companies have sinful policies that make it hard for good people to work there.
Also, I think it is a good thing for grown children to live with their parents until they marry. Those who move away waste tens of thousands of dollars on rent and often spend much of their time in debauchery.
Poverty or sinful work?
Sounds like a false dilemma to me.
If you mean going out into the world to earn a living, then yes, you will probably have to do so. Do you think most traditional Catholic family men ENJOY going out into the pagan world to earn a living? I doubt it.
There are only a few jobs that a good Catholic can't do. Strip club employee, adult bookstore, psychologist (you're not allowed by law to condemn ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity), congressman, etc.
But the vast majority of work found in the Classifieds a Catholic could easily do and not lose his soul.
I'm lucky to be able to work at home. But I know that there are plenty of good men forced to take "Dilbert" type office cubicle jobs, or other types of work among pagans.
We are supposed to be the leaven, the good influence on those around us, to convert them by our example. Yes, going to work in the neo-pagan Modern World is going to involve some temptation. But it's not temptation you've CHOSEN, so it's not sinful, and God will give you the grace to avoid sin if you pray.
God understands that we need to support ourselves and/or our families -- in fact, he commands it as the primary way of getting to heaven!
Doing one's Duty of State is just as important as keeping the Ten Commandments.We must do God's Will. The Ten Commandments are just the Natural Law codified. God's Will can be mysterious at times, but other times it is anything but. If you're the father of a family, you can be 100% sure God wants you to work to support your family. If you're a wife, you are supposed to help your husband and be the primary caregiver for your children. If you're a religious, you must pray and work hard to grow in the spiritual life. And so on.
Anyhow, going to work is certainly one of the aspects under which we're not supposed to avoid the world. We're not supposed to embrace it, adopts its errors or become part of it -- we just have to live, mingle, and work in it.
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