Walking down the hallway of your office building, how many men do you suspect would have an active prayer life? Lest this column be trite, I will promptly bypass any comparison to the amount of time men in the office spend watching sports, working on cars, or more contemporarily, and dare I say egregiously, playing video games.
Instead, I’ll ask you to consider the same task, but this time do so of the men occupying the pews of your parish.
Certainly, it would be right to demand a definition of terms here. What is an active prayer life? Is praying before meals on special occasions an active prayer life? What about praying before every meal, and at bedtime with your children? Is attending Mass on Sundays and days of obligation an active prayer life?
