Monday, July 14, 2008

Sanctify the Day

  1. By mental and vocal prayer, especially at morning and at night.
  2. By means of the Good Intention or Morning Offering; by praying with the heart all day long in doing all things, and bearing all sufferings in union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus and for the greater glory of God.
  3. By assisting at Mass and receiving holy communion (or making, at least, a spiritual communion); by visiting the Blessed Sacrament.
  4. By means of ejaculatory prayers, and especially short indulgenced prayers.
  5. By the practice of the presence of God.
  6. By a spiritual reading, for instance, from The Imitation of Christ, or The Lives of the Saints; by the particular examen and by the practice of a particular virtue in honor of your patron saint.