the service of God, but make progress in the way of Christian virtue.
“ Let us learn to love Jesus Christ, who is our Saviour, our God, and all our good. For this end. I beseech thee to give every day some time to reflection on his Passion. In it thou wilt find every motive to hope for eternal life and to love God, on which depends our salvation. All the saints have made it their delight to meditate on Jesus Christ in his Passion, and by this means alone they become saints.” — St. Alphonsus.
Resolve, therefore, now and again to pray like St. Augustine for the grace of devotion to the Passion, and to recite daily some prayer in gratitude to Jesus Christ for all he has done and suffered to save your soul from everlasting torments, and prepare for it a place in the kingdom of heaven.
[Every day, about noon (at your work or employment if you like), say five Paters and Aves in honour of the sufferings of Jesus and the sorrows of the Blessed Virgin. This devotion is an easy one, and quite within the reach of every Christian, no matter how much occupied; moreover, it has great indulgences attached to it; and lastly, it will help you to be habitually mindful, not only of the sufferings of our Blessed Redeemer, but also (and this too is of much importance) of the sorrows of his most afflicted Mother.]
