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Question.
" Dost thou remember to think of God
sometimes during the day ?
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Answer. I do remember. Is it not he who gives
us everything as a father does to his children who
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[i 14] guides and preserves us? Should we not therefore
remember him, and often thank him for it?"
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Question. How many times a day do you pray
to God?"
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Answer. For my part, I pray to him at least four
times. In the morning, when we arise, and when
we meet together, we say all the prayers and two
decades of our rosary; at night, we recite the re-
mainder; and when I go to sleep I also pray in
public. Besides that, I pray to him before I do
anything; but, usually, God alone witnesses it."
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Question. And on Sundays how many times do
you pray to God all together?" Answer. "Four
times. In the morning, when we have said all the
prayers, we recite the rosary and the ;
Captain of the
prayers exhorts us to live as good Christians. At
noon, we meet together for [115] the second time;
the third time, we meet at Sunset ;
and the last time,
before going to sleep."
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Question. Do you not forget the Feast-days and
Sundays?"
Answer.
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It would be easy to do so were not
those days full of reverence. Not one of us forgets
them. Look at the catalogues of all the Christians,
and see how the days that deserve respect are marked
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therein.
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Question. And what did you do on Christmas
eve?" Answer. "We passed it entirely without
sleep ; some recited their rosaries three times, others
oftener and we ;
sang what Hymns we knew.