How do we say the Office through Jesus Christ, the Head of the Mystical Body?
One might object by replying that that is not our business. Christ takes care of that. Yes and no. Of course Christ remains and acts as the Head of the Mystical Body, whether we even advert to the fact or not. He is our Head; we do not make Him such. Nevertheless, speaking doctrinally, faith tells us there is such a thing as greater or lesser efficacy to our prayers, depending on how closely we join ourselves with Christ when we pray. What does this mean? It means that every act of virtue that makes us more like the Savior; every self-sacrifice performed in imitation of Him; every pain endured in order to become assimilated to Him; every self-denial offered to Him makes our Liturgy of the Hours more pleasing to God and more beneficial to souls. Why? Because Christ is surely our Head, but we must become more and more truly His members. By the mortification of our self-love we are vivified with His Spirit. And in the degree that we die to ourselves we enable what a strange expression! we
