Episode Notes

🎙️ Episode Summary

Deacon Anthony and Rabbi Chaim begin the new year by exploring how Catholics and Jews structure their days around prayer. Comparing the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours with the Jewish cycle of daily services, they discuss shared roots in the Psalms, Temple worship, and early Jewish-Christian practice. The conversation highlights how fixed times of prayer sanctify ordinary life, connect individuals to a wider community, and continue to adapt in the modern world.

This episode explores:

• The three traditional daily Jewish prayers and their links to the patriarchs and Temple sacrifices.
• The Catholic Liturgy of the Hours as a continuation of monastic psalm prayer shaped by St. Benedict and later Church reforms.
• How communal prayer (like a miny ...