Comments for Easter Monday at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 22 May 2013 07:18:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/easter-monday.html#comment-6635 To Dan: Yes, the painting illustrating Fr. Schall's column is by Caravaggio. -Brad Miner - Brad Miner Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:58:37 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/easter-monday.html#comment-6634 I think the painting is by Caravaggio. Is that right? In any case, we need painters and sculptors. - Dan Deeny Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:50:46 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/easter-monday.html#comment-6632 Fr. Schall, thank you so much for quoting from the Liturgy of the Hours. All these readings were powerful and I am glad for your reminders. One of the intentions of the reforms of Vatican II was to make the entire liturgy, including the Liturgy of the Hours, more accessible to the lay faithful. Indeed, the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Code of Canon Law both state that while the lay faithful are not obliged to recite the Office, we are warmly encouraged to do as much of it as we can. My own experience of the Office has been two-fold. First, it really does help us to worship the Lord outside of Mass, and is, in some sense, both an extension of and preparation for the Holy Sacrifice. Second, it really trains the mind in reading and reciting Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition with the mind of the Church. Would that priests offered encouragement and instruction to laity who wish to pray the Office -- including the critical instruction that reciting it does not make us clerical, semi-clerical, religious, or semi-religious. A laity reciting the Office in a lay way would be a powerful enrichment to the Church and the world -- and it would help us to live the power and the truth of the Resurrection in a much deeper and more unified way. - Dave Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:50:07 +0100