Do You Define Yourself by Your Work? | Rise Up Day 73

Faithful & Authentic: The All Saints Parish Podcast · May 1, 2026 · 4m

Do you define yourself by your work?

In today’s Rise Up reflection for the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, Fr. Jonathan Meyer reminds us of a powerful truth:

You are not your job.

Work is good.

Work is holy.

Work provides.

But work is not your identity.

Your true identity is this:

➡️ You are a son or daughter of God

➡️ You are called to love

➡️ You are made for relationship, not just productivity

St. Joseph worked to provide for Jesus and Mary—but his identity was not rooted in his work alone.

In a world that constantly tells us our worth is based on what we do…

God reminds us that our worth…