Working Your Way into Heaven: How to Make Work, Stress, and Drudgery a Means to Your Sanctity

by Stefan Wyszyński

These pages help Catholics draw closer to God through work. From Pope John Paul II's saintly teacher Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski comes wise counsel and practical advice for transforming any workplace into a workshop for sanctity.

Genres: Catholic, Nonfiction

191 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, archbishop of Warsaw and archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. Appointed cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII, he assumed the title of Primate of Poland. Stefan Wyszyński was often called the Primate of the Millennium.

Reviews

[Emily Zlatos · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book and wish it came with a workbook! It was not what I was expecting, but it was a thought provoking survey of work, work’s intention, and how to align your work to its proper end. It’s not a manual, so it requires you to put some thought into how to apply it to your own life, but the benefit of that is that it can be applied to any work. 👌 It is a little spark of hope to a weary worker.

[Richard Hannay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extraordinary book. For what it says, for how it says it, for the fine mind it let's through.

[J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very helpful to remind the reader of the value and purpose of work. Certainly, this book is a reminder of how much we have fallen from even this writing from the prior century as we live in a world that does not resemble at all what the author wanted to communicate. The book not only provides speculative knowledge on the ideal, but maintains its Catholic Realism in the face of the falleness of the human condition. That realism translates into a discussion on the practical virtues that ought to be cultivated in and through our work to help us redeem the times while taken in work and the need of a fuller understanding of an authentic notion of rest and the cultivation of the interior life.

[Jo-Ann Gozaloff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. I wish I had read it sooner. It has helped me immensely in the understanding of work and the burden that I sometimes feel at my job.

[Senator · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very soothing book to reinvigorate the Catholic life, within and outer.

[Ar Rainey · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredible book that makes Catholic Social Doctrine accessible to the common person and inspires great sanctification. Deserves a reread