Naples’s many churches. Alphonsus himself attributed his conversion and vocation to prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. As a founder, Alphonsus insisted on the primacy of personal and communal prayer for the Redemptorist Congregation. The daily rhythm of prayer that Alphonsus handed on to the Congregation was simple and rooted in the perennial tradition of the church. The celebration of the Eucharist was the center of the day. Alphonsus mandated recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours in common for