Americans have a peculiar relationship with work. We praise ambition, admire productivity, and treat professional success as evidence of personal virtue. We ask children what they want to be when they grow up, introduce ourselves by our occupations, and measure our days by how much we have accomplished. Even our leisure is increasingly organized aroundContinue reading “The Protestant Work Ethic Has Forgotten God”
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The Canonical Hours
Lord, open my lips, + and my mouth shall declare Your praise (Psalm 51:5). These words, taken from the Book of Psalms, open the Invitatory, the traditional beginning to the Canonical Hours. These Hours are a traditional set of prayers that have defined the Church’s devotional life for two thousand years, forming a precious pieceContinue reading “The Canonical Hours”
