{"id":491,"date":"2011-05-27T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T22:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=491"},"modified":"2011-05-27T18:01:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T22:01:34","slug":"the-benefits-of-hard-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-benefits-of-hard-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Hard Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, our parish school in Penn Yan (St. Michael’s School<\/a>) held its spring concert.\u00a0 The first third of the concert was the band playing instrucmental pieces.\u00a0 The rest of the concert was all the children singing as one large group and by class.\u00a0 Everything went well.\u00a0 It showed that the children had practiced and knew their parts.<\/p>\n

This morning I joined the school children for their regular morning prayer.\u00a0 Mr. Paddock, the principal, began by congratulating the children on a concert well done.\u00a0 I took a few minutes at the end of the prayers to offer my own congratulations to the children.\u00a0 Then, I used their different parts in the concert playing different instruments and singing as a analogy to how God has given us differrent gifts.\u00a0 There were several different instruments (trumpet, clarinet, etc.) and singing.\u00a0 Most people can’t play all the instruments.\u00a0 Just like in life, we each have different gifts, the band plays together to complete the music.\u00a0 It won’t be the same if all the band members played the same instrument.\u00a0 We are called to use the different gifts God has given us to make the world a better place together<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Then, I asked them if they had practiced.\u00a0 Of course, the answer was yes.\u00a0 Then, I asked them if they had practiced once, twice, three times, …\u00a0 Of course, they had practiced several times.\u00a0 I complimented them on their hard work and practice and encouraged them to keep up the hard work because it is worth it.<\/p>\n

Are you willing to put in the hard work or do you rush into stuff without preparing?\u00a0 We might often be tempted to seek the easy path but a little hard work can go a long way to make the world a better place.<\/p>\n

Follow the example of the school children preparing for their concert.\u00a0 Prepare and practice in all things so you may offer your best to God and the world.<\/p>\n

Peace,<\/p>\n

Fr. Jeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night, our parish school in Penn Yan (St. Michael’s School) held its spring concert.\u00a0 The first third of the concert was the band playing instrucmental pieces.\u00a0 The rest of the concert was all the children singing as one large group and by class.\u00a0 Everything went well.\u00a0 It showed that the children had practiced and …<\/p>\n

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