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-7BERSERK OVER WORK  \n12  \nBy N.A.KRAUSE  -  \nOUR WORK CAN HELP US TO PRAY  \nBy ED WILLOCK26  \nMADRIGAL(A Poem)  \n32  \nBy BEVERLY BoYD  \nTIME FOR PRAYER  \nBy MARION MITCHELL STANCIOFF  -  \n33  \nPERSONAL SANCTITY AND SOCIAL ACTION  \nBy JORDAN AUMANN,O.P.·   37  \n44  \nBOOK REVIEWS -  \nINTEGRITY is publishod by lay Cathollcs anddodicated to the task of discovoring the nowsynthesis of RELIGION and LIFE for our times.  \nDecember 1952  \nVol.7,No.3  \nPublished monthly by Integrity Publishing Co.,Inc.,157 East 38th Street,New York 16,N.Y.,MU-5-8125.Edited by Dorothy Dohen.Re-entered as Second Class Matter May 11,1950 at thePost Office in New York,N.Y.under the Actof March 3,1879.All single copies 254each;yearly subscriptions:Domestic  \n$3.00,Canadian $3.50,Foreign $4.00.  \nINTEGRITY is indexed in THE CATHOLIC PERIODICAL INDEX  \nONTEMPLATION was the subject we plannedto discuss in this issue,but the more we thoughtabout it the more we realized that it could notbe treated in isolation.For lay people espe-cially any discussion of prayer and union withGod must be viewed in connection with theirentire life,especially with their work.Hencethe title of this issue—Work and Worship  \nThose who view with alarm the activisticcharacter of Americans rightly stress the needfor an interior life,for leisure to meditate and develop an aware-ness of God.We agree that there is indeed the danger of anoveremphasis on work,but the remedy for this is not to view ourwork as if it does not matter,as if it is something to be rushedthrough helter-skelter so that we will have time to contemplateRather the remedy seems to be the restoration of the ideal of workas using the talents God gave us in the service of our neighbor(That much work today cannot be viewed under this aspect orthat many workers are mere wage slaves is cause for genuineconcern;but it should serve as an even greater impetus to an effec-tive apostolate.)  \nTraditionally in contemplative monasteries work and prayerwere seen to have an intimate relation;work being looked uponnot merely as something to be done out of sheer physical necessitybut as being of positive value in raising man to God.Similarly,personal sanctity and social action are related.It would be a mis-take to think that we must choose one or the other—just as itwould be a mistake to think we must either pray or work.Theanswer is we must have both.A false simplification may holdthat many Christians are unmindful of the interior life becausethey have chosen instead to be concerned with social responsibility.The fact is today that while there are many bingos,bazaars andcharity collections,there is litle genuine social awareness;andwhile there is much manifestation of personal piety there is awoeful lack of contemplative spirit.Increase of personal holinessand sense of social responsibility go hand in hand.The morea soul is possessed by the Spirit of God the more he is aware ofthe needs of his brother in Christ.  \nThe writers in this issue have approached the subject fromvarying points of view—each giving us the truth he sees mostclearly—to help our readers think out the integration of work andprayer for themselves.THE EDITOR  \n# His Birth Is Now\n\nhristmas is meant to be a time of worship and of love,and ofCawe that God became man.Grace Hurrell,who is an Englishwriter,invites us to contemplate this mystery.  \nGrace Hurrell:Listen!How often have we heard somethinglike this?\"Do you realize it will be Christmas four weeks fromnow?”And how often have we heard the remark greeted withgroans,instead of delighted cries of anticipation?Most childrenstill look forward with excitement to this feast of the nativity ofOur Lord.But grown-ups are likely to say indulgently,\"Of course,Christmas is the children's time,\"as if it did not particularly con-cern them,except that they will be exp","cbCaiv7roYib60zt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv7roYib60zt","pdf",2052415,52,"English","# Editorial\n## His Birth Is Now\n## Joy and 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