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What lesson does it* teach me? What has been my
conduct regarding this matter? What have I done,
what shall I do, and hbw shall I do it? What particular
virtue must I practise? But do not forget to
P'BY.
Do not imagine, moreover, that it is necessary to
wait for a great fire to bum up in your soul, but cherish
the little spark that you have got. Above all, never
give way to the mistaken notion that you must restrain
yourself from prayer in order to go through all the
thoughts suggested by your book, or because your prayer
does not appear to have a close connection with the subject
of your meditation. This would simply be to turn
from God to your own thoughts or to those of some
other man.
To meditate means in general nothing else than to
reflect seriously on some subject. Meditation, as men -
tal prayer, is a serious rektion on some religious truth
or event, united with reference and application to ourselves,
in order thereby to exate in us certain pious
sentiments, such as contrition, humility, faith, hope,
charity, etc., and to move our will to form good resolutions
conformable to these pious sentiments. Such
an exercise has naturally a beneficial influence on our
soul and greatly conduces to enlighten our mind and
to move our will to practise virtue.
Meditation is a great'means to salvation. It aids
us powerfully in the pursuit of our destiny, to know
God, to love Him, to serve Him, th~t
we may be happy
with Him forever; it helps us to know ourselves and
to discover the means of avoiding and correcting our
vices, our faults, and weaknesses; it reveals to us the
dangers to which our salvation is exposed and leads us
to pray with a contrite and humble heart for the neces-
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