I’m not sure how to articulate the feeling of dismay evoked by the knowledge that it is noteworthy and unusual for a bishop to have a daily holy hour.
…..
I just. I don’t have words. What do they think their JOB is. Can you imagine a married couple being *noteworthy* bc they spent an hour together speaking during a day? 😞
I’m not sure how to articulate the feeling of dismay evoked by the knowledge that it is noteworthy and unusual for a bishop to have a daily holy hour.
…..
I just. I don’t have words. What do they think their JOB is. Can you imagine a married couple being *noteworthy* bc they spent an hour together speaking during a day? 😞
To be fair, I don't know that other bishops don't do a daily holy hour. I just know that the only other bishop I've heard talk of it was Fulton Sheen. And he gradually shifted from gently suggesting that his priests do one, to insistently and persistently recommending it as of great importance.
I like your use of the married couple analogy. I remember a group of us talking to an Amish guy while touring his milking parlor, asking whether he or his wife did the milking. He very sincerely explained that they did it together, because "I don't want to do without her, and she don't want to do without me." They legit wanted 24/7 together, and probably got pretty close. That's noteworthy. It's also what St. Paul told the Thessalonian laypeople that they should be doing: "pray constantly". When I'm doing well, I can wish for that sort of prayer.
I’m not sure how to articulate the feeling of dismay evoked by the knowledge that it is noteworthy and unusual for a bishop to have a daily holy hour.
…..
I just. I don’t have words. What do they think their JOB is. Can you imagine a married couple being *noteworthy* bc they spent an hour together speaking during a day? 😞
To be fair, I don't know that other bishops don't do a daily holy hour. I just know that the only other bishop I've heard talk of it was Fulton Sheen. And he gradually shifted from gently suggesting that his priests do one, to insistently and persistently recommending it as of great importance.
I like your use of the married couple analogy. I remember a group of us talking to an Amish guy while touring his milking parlor, asking whether he or his wife did the milking. He very sincerely explained that they did it together, because "I don't want to do without her, and she don't want to do without me." They legit wanted 24/7 together, and probably got pretty close. That's noteworthy. It's also what St. Paul told the Thessalonian laypeople that they should be doing: "pray constantly". When I'm doing well, I can wish for that sort of prayer.