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Ora et Labora: Pray and work.<\/em><\/p>\n

W<\/span>e must put into practice Saint Benedict’\u0092s motto: ora et labora<\/em>, derived perhaps from the words of Saint Augustine: “pray as though everything depends on God, and work as though everything depends on you”.<\/p>\n

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Ora et Labora: Pray and work. We must put into practice Saint Benedict’\u0092s motto: ora et labora, derived perhaps from the words of Saint Augustine: “pray as though everything depends on God, and work as though everything depends on you”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86759","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1aGBK-mzl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2986,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/prayers-and-meditations\/litany-of-saint-john\/","url_meta":{"origin":86759,"position":0},"title":"Litany of Saint John","author":"Thom","date":"08 May 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"V. Lord have mercy. R. Lord have mercy. V. Christ have mercy. R. Christ have mercy. V. Lord have mercy. R. 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