Page 8 - daily practices

I will seek quiet recollection as far as possible, and out in the
streets I will maintain a grave, modest demeanour; on the
main streets I will never raise my eyes; I will also avoid
chatting with anyone. So too on my way to and from Church, I
will not talk. I will often visit the sick, especially those who are
poor and I will meet their needs as far as my own
circumstances allow. I will always be calm and peaceful in
heart, serene in countenance and pleasant in words and
manners. I will always be ready to please everyone, never
refusing to do any good turn to those who ask it. On all feast
days I will give the usual instruction to the girls who gather
around me so happily, and will do my best to instil in their
hearts a love for virtue. I will pray hard to the Lord for sinners;
every Monday I will offer my Holy Communion for them as well
as the discipline. I will also pray for the souls in Purgatory,
offering for the repose of their soul, every Tuesday, my Holy
Communion and the discipline and the Way of the Cross on

Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays will also be for them.

I will have all due respect and at the same time trust and
confidence in my Confessor; to Him I will frankly expose what
is inside my heart; I will never do anything without his consent

and I will obey him strictly, as I would obey God himself.
Similarly, in obeying my Father I mean to obey God, in
obeying my Mother I mean to obey the Blessed Virgin Mary,
and in meeting the wishes and requests of my sister and of
other persons of my age or younger, I mean to do it to my
Guardian Angel and to St Aloysius Gonzaga. Every day I will
go against my will at least three times and will make 5 other

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