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(SPIRITUAL EXERCISES 1830)
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TIMETABLE FOR SPIRITUAL EXERCISES DONE PRIVATELY

I shall get up in time for Holy Mass. Before I leave the
room I shall say the daily “Prayers of the Christian”, the Veni
Creator, three Hail Marys and three Glory Be in honour of St
Aloysius. On my way I shall pray the Rosary.
In church I shall do an hour of Meditation and receive
Holy Communion, and before I leave I shall pray Matins and
Lauds of the Office of Our Lady.
At mid-morning I shall do about half-an-hour spiritual
reading, and end it with the Miserere.
Shortly before lunch I shall do my General Examination

on my defects; in this, I shall delve deep down within me in
order to know what is at their roots, what has become habitual,
etc. After that, I pay a visit to the Crucifix and the picture of
Mary.
After lunch I shall pay a visit to Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament. If I cannot go personally I shall do it in spirit,
imagining myself to be present to Him. I shall show him my
inner wounds and beg him to heal me and teach me how to do
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his will. I shall recite the Pange Lingua .

1 It is a liturgical latin himn.

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