Ora et labora

[4] Some orders applied the concept directly to farm work and became an element in the movement towards land reclamation from rot and agricultural development in Western Europe.

The phrase expresses the need to balance prayer and work in monastic settings and has been used in many religious communities from the Middle Ages onwards.

[7] The Anglican sisters of the Community of St. Mary in Greenwich, New York pray the Divine Office five times each day and raise Cashmere goats for wool.

"[10] Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln and graduate of Oxford University, referred to the motto "laborare est orare" as one he adopted to shape his daily life.

[11] In 2010 Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury scheduled an episcopal visit to Lincoln Cathedral on the 100th anniversary of Bishop King's death.