Good morning.
Welcome to Catholic Daily — a five-minute morning read for Catholics who want to see the markets, the economy, and their work through the eyes of the Church.
Each weekday, you'll receive:
- A Saint — who they were, and what they teach about money, work, or justice
- A Reading — from today's Mass, with one line drawn out
- A Lens — one current market story viewed through Catholic economic teaching
- A Prayer — short, for the work ahead
Why a Catholic perspective on markets?
Because the saints and the popes have been thinking about this for centuries.
- St. Thomas Aquinas wrote about just price 800 years ago.
- The Salamanca School — Spanish Dominicans and Jesuits — invented the quantity theory of money in 1556. That is 350 years before Irving Fisher.
- Pope Leo XIII wrote Rerum Novarum on workers' rights in 1891 — 30 years before the modern labor movement had a name.
- Luca Pacioli, a Franciscan friar, invented double-entry bookkeeping in 1494. The patron of all accountants is a Catholic religious.
The Church has been thinking rigorously about markets since markets existed. Most of what passes for "Christian finance" today is moralism without rigor. Catholic Social Teaching is the opposite — rigorous moral reasoning applied to real economic questions.
We're going to walk through it, daily, in plain language.
This week's rhythm
Five minutes. No fluff. No sales pitch.
If you find it valuable, share it with a friend or your parish. Forward this to anyone who thinks about work, money, and faith.
In Christ,
Jonathan Simmons
Enoch Capital Management
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