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152 our desire, and the more vivid our faith, the more efficacious will our prayer be.

There is another and more swift kind of virtual prayer, which consists of a mere glance of the mind towards God, so as to implore His help, which glance is, as it were, a silent remembrancer, asking for the grace which we had before prayed for.

We should strive to form the habit of praying in this way, for it is a weapon of more value and assistance than I can say (as experience has shown), and one which we may lay hold of at all times and on all occasions.

F you wish to spend some time in prayer—half an hour, or an hour, or more—you will do well to make a meditation on the Life and Passion of Jesus Christ, and in it always apply His actions to the particular virtue which you are seeking to gain.

Thus, if you are seeking to obtain patience, you would select for your subject of meditation the Mystery of the Scourging.

Consider, first, how after the command was