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PART II.

P PR RA AC CT TI IC CE ES S F FO OR R A A L LI IF FE E- -O OF F- -P PE ER RF FE EC CT TI IO ON N
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I.

DAILY PRACTICES

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METHOD OF LIFE
1

Until further orders, I shall sleep 6 hours; this done, I get
up and before leaving the room, I shall seek Mary’s protection,
make the offering of the day’s activity and a brief visit to the
Holy Picture of Mary. After that, I shall go to Church and stay
for an hour-and-a-half: first meditation then preparation and
thanksgiving for Holy Communion. Back home, I shall first
genuflect 10 times, then breakfast then the housework. At 13
o’clock I shall pay a visit to Jesus in my room, and from 13 to
2
14 o’clock I shall keep perfect silence. After lunch I shall take
the rest needed, in the manner indicated other times and after
that, for half-an-hour, I shall recite the usual vocal prayers. At
17 o’clock I shall make 10 other genuflections, and at 18 a visit
to Mary in my room.

1 Drawn up in the Year 1824
2 There was different way of counting the hours - at the time of Bartolomea -
starting from sunset.

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