La espiritualidad católica del trabajo humano en las sociedades de mercado en el siglo XXI

Abstract

The spirituality of work is an essential theme in our contemporary societies, given the social and labor reality emanating from neoliberal market societies to the reality of exploitation and dehumanization, which drives humanity away, both of that image and likeness of God and of the fullness of life desired by God for all, as Christian theology teaches us. Today, it is necessary to have a theological look that leads human work towards humanization and the sanctification of working life. Work has an existential theological dimension, since through labor action, humanity not only gets its food, but also builds its subjectivity and transform the social - political reality in which it is located. From the Scriptures to the Teachings of the Church, work has been the subject of theological reflections, given that the path to the fullness of the human being passes through the dignity of everyday work. Market societies challenge the church pastorally and theologically, for they, by looking at technique, consumption, monetization of life, isolate humanity from community life, while also destroying the sense of transcendence, essential aspects of Christian spirituality. Likewise, spirituality is not isolated form the hopes and anxieties of the contemporary human being and it is necessary to return to the evangelical root of work as a place of encounter with God. The spirituality of work is spirituality of everyday life, of the sanctification of earthly work, of contact with the other, of transcendence and mainly of humanization.