More's Family Devotions

It is well known that St. Thomas More and his family made devotions together that included the Seven Penitential Psalms and the Litany of the Saints.

Peter Ackroyd writes:

"[More's] entire household joined him when he returned home to his devotions; he led them in morning and evening prayers, which included the penitential psalms and the litanies of the saints.  During their meals one of the family would read a passage from the Scriptures, which would then become the subject of general conversation."

Reading devotional material during meals is a monastic practice such that one can see how More integrated his monastic experience into his family life.

Text:   Peter Ackroyd, The Life of St. Thomas More (Anchor Books, 1999),  Kindle edition without pagination.

Image:  "Man of Sorrows Petitioned by Penitents", from the Penitential Psalms of the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, Illuminated by the Master of Catherine of Cleves, Utretcht, The Netherlands, ca. 1440, tempera on vellum.  The Morgan Library & Museum (New York).