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little of ife for a Serttlar Priest,
i.
Morning Exercises.
i. THE FIRST ACTS ON RISING.
IN the morning on rising the priest
shall make acts of
thanksgiving, of love, and of oblation of all that he is to
do arid to suffer during the day. He shall finish by a
prayer to God and to the Blessed Virgin, in order to
obtain the grace of not falling into sin.
1
These acts may be thus formulated:
my God !
prostrate in Thy presence, I adore Thy
infinite Majesty, and I submit myself entirely to Thee.
1 believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, and I love Thee
with my whole heart.
I thank Thee for all
Thy benefits, and especially for
having preserved me during this night.
I offer Thee all my thoughts, words, actions, and
sufferings of this day in union with those of Jesus and
of Mary.
I intend to gain all the indulgences that I can gain,
and to apply them to the souls in purgatory.
for the love of Jesus Christ, deliver me
my God !
from every
sin. O my Jesus ! by Thy merits make me
li^e united to Thee. Mary, my Mother, bless me, and
protect me under thy mantle. My holy guardian angel,
and all my holy patrons, intercede for me. Amen.
Here recite the Hail Mary"
three times in honor of
the purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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We have thought
it useful to add here the formula which the saint
gives elsewhere in several places. ED.