When and where we do this preparation will depend greatly on what else is going on around us (our varying circumstances). To complete this exercise each morning takes a bit of practice. By this means we will endeavor to be disposed to carry out our activities competently and commendably. Since the preparation makes provision for all our actions, we will make use of it according to varying circumstances. Rather, it can and should be done briefly, yet fervently, as a way to focus our thinking about the day that beckons. Francis de Sales says of the morning exercise in his Introduction to the Devout Life. While its five parts appear at first to be rather detailed, this exercise is not intended to be painstaking or time-consuming. The mental activity described here is a shortened version of what St.
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