The Lord's Day? . . . Or Wal-Mart's?

"Once, within living memory, it was a day apart in many places: a 24-hour stretch of family time when liquor was unavailable, church was the rule, shopping was impossible and -- in some towns -- weekend staples like tending the lawn and playing in the park met with hearty disapproval. But America changed, and it dragged Sunday along with it ..." (Read more ... Gratiuas tibi, Earl Appleby, Times Against Humanity).



-- (Jean-Francois Millet, "The Angelus") --