To implement in the home
- Have a Rule of Life
- With fixed times for rising/praying/retiring
- Meditation
- Conversing with God interiorly – 15-30 mins daily
- Spiritual Reading
- To spur us on in the spiritual life – 15 mins daily
- Daily Examination of Conscience
- Reviewing the thoughts, words & actions
- Attention Daily Duties
- Stay focused on the duty of the moment
- Penance & Mortification
- 3-4 penances daily to keep the will in control
- Practice of the Presence of God
- Remembering God’s presence and uniting to Him throughout the day
- Fervent Communions
- Make devotion/thanksgiving-filled Communions
- Frequent Confessions
- Twice monthly – Also, have true repentance in the will before Confessions
- Devotion to Our Lady
- Rosary daily– Three hail Mary’s daily