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M&d Prayer 137
our meditation in the morning, we ought to pre re its
subject on the eve before retiring to rest, angmake
thereon some briei reflections before falling asleep,
and also after rising in the morning. We ought, moreover,
to recall our meditation to mind from time to
time during the day, recommending our resolution to
the Blessed Virgin by a Had Mary.
"We should endeavor to spend at least a quarter
of an hour daily in mental prayer. The saints used
daily to spend many hours therein; and when they had
much to do they would subtract some hours from the
time allotted to their sleep, in order to devote them to
this holy exercise. If we can not spend in it half an
hour every day, let us at least devote to it a quarter of
an hour. The longer and the more fervent our mental
prayer, the more we shall like it, and we sl~allearn by
our own experience the truth of the saying of the Royal
Pro~het: 'Taste and see that the Lord is sweet' (Ps.
xxxiii. 9).
"Pope Benedict XIV grants to all the faithful making
mental prayer devoutly for a whole month for half an
hour, or at least a quarter of an hour every day, a plenary
indulgence, if, truly penitent, after confession and
holy communion, they devoutly pray for the intentions
of the Church. This indulgence is applicable to the
souls in purgatory."
As to our petitions and resdutions, Father Girardey
says :
"In mental prayer it is very profitable, and perhaps
more useful than any other act, to address repeated
petitions to God, asking with great humility and unbounded
confidence for His graces - such as His light,
resignation in adversity, ptience, .perseverance, etc.,
but, above all, for the inestimable gift of His holy love.
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