Ep. 160 - Humble Work

The Commonweal Podcast · Apr 30, 2026 · 50m

Catholics have been thinking about vocations for a long time—and not only in terms of becoming a priest or member of a religious order.

The Church teaches that every person is called by God to do something particular, to play some unique role in the ongoing creation and salvation of the world.

But what happens when our working lives don't align with our true vocations? What should we do when we find ourselves stuck doing jobs we don’t like?

Fr. James Martin knows something about that, having spent his teenage summers and most of his twenties doing a variety of odd jobs.

It’s the subject of…