All our petitions should he made through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ask in the name of Jesus Christ, through his merits; and in virtue of his divine promises.
If God is pleased by our prayers to his saints, he will be much more pleased by our supplications to his holy Mother. When we have recourse to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin, it is not from a diffidence in the Divine mercy, but from a sense of our own unworthinees. — St. Anselm and St. Liguori.
See St. Liguori's excellent Treatise on Prayer.
DEVOTIONS BEFORE MORNING PRAYERS.
Although, at this time, each one follows her own particular turn of piety ; still these devotions may afford help to the novices.
THE wise man will give his heart to resort early to the Lord, that made him: and he will pray in the sight of the Most High. — Ecclus. xxxix 6. I love them that love me; and they, that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me. With me are riches and glory. — Prov. viii 17, 18. O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day; for thee my soul hath thirsted. — Ps. lxii 1, 2. It is good to give praise to the Lord ; and to sing to thy name, O Most High; to show forth thy mercy in the morning. — Ps. xci 1. My soul hath desired thee, in the night, yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning, early I will watch to thee. — Is. xxvi 9. Jesus Christ rising very early in the morning, going out went into a desert place, and there prayed. — Mark i 35.
At the first sound of the bell, prostrate yourself in spirit before the tabernacle, make the sign of the cross,[1] and say:
JESUS, Mary, and Joseph, I give you my heart, my spirit and my life. Then: All for thee, my God, for thy greater honor, and glory, and pure love.
- ↑ This sacred sign may be regarded as a compendium of all the mysteries of our faith, as a homage rendered to the three persons .
