Angelus News | February 23, 2024 | Vol. 9 No. 4

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie is a mother of five
who practices radiology in the Miami area.
I found great comfort in my new
hope and I persevered, helped on by
lovely quotes like this one from the
saint: “The work of each one of us,
the activities that take up our time
and energy, must be an offering worthy
of our Creator. It must be operatio
Dei, a work of God that is done for
God: in short, a task that is complete
and faultless.” And: “Professional work
is also an apostolate, an opportunity
to give ourselves to others, to reveal
Christ to them and lead to God the
Father.” My attitude improved and
I found strength to be cheerful and
patient.
However, I could not salvage a situation
which was inherently unbalanced.
I was needlessly neglecting my
family, in short, and much of my unhappiness
was born of guilt and from a
constant yearning to be with them.
After a few days of weeping I put in
my resignation, with the full support
of my husband. Perhaps it didn’t make
much sense from a purely material
perspective, but it made perfect sense
in every other way. I entered the prettiest
time of my life, so far, treasuring
every moment with my children
because of all the moments I had
missed. And we went on to have two
more that would not have been ours if
I had stayed at the hospital.
Later on, I went back to work part
time, and from home. I’ve been very
fortunate to find professional fulfillment
and also to live fully the joy of
home, children, and husband. I thank
God for this. I also thank him for the
hard lessons I learned, and even for
my nervous breakdown. The real work
of sanctification is being done all the
time by him, of course. We just have
to be attentive, pray, and follow where
he leads.
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