Page:StVincentsManual.djvu/61

 ''All our  petitions  should  he  made  through  our  Lord  Jesus Christ. Ask in the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  through  his  merits; and  in  virtue  of  his  divine  promises.''

If God  is  pleased  by  our  prayers  to  his  saints,  he  will  be much  more  pleased  by  our  supplications  to  his  holy  Mother. When we  have  recourse  to  the  intercession  of  the  Blessed Virgin, it  is  not  from  a  diffidence  in  the  Divine  mercy,  but from a  sense  of  our  own  unworthinees. — ''St. Anselm and St.  Liguori.''

See St.  Liguori's  excellent  Treatise  on  Prayer.

HE wise  man  will  give  his  heart  to  resort  early  to the  Lord,  that  made  him:  and  he  will  pray  in the  sight  of  the  Most  High. — Ecclus. xxxix 6. I love them that  love  me;  and  they,  that  in the  morning  early watch for  me,  shall  find  me. With me  are  riches  and glory. — Prov. viii 17,  18. O God,  my  God,  to  thee do I  watch  at  break  of  day;  for  thee  my  soul  hath thirsted. — Ps. lxii 1,  2. It is  good  to  give  praise  to the  Lord ;  and  to  sing  to  thy  name,  O  Most  High; to show  forth  thy  mercy  in  the  morning. — Ps. xci 1. My soul  hath  desired  thee,  in  the  night,  yea,  and  with my spirit  within  me  in  the  morning,  early  I  will  watch to thee. — Is. xxvi 9. Jesus Christ  rising  very  early in  the  morning,  going  out  went  into  a  desert  place, and there  prayed. — Mark i  35.

ESUS, Mary,  and  Joseph,  I  give  you  my  heart,  my spirit  and  my  life. Then: All  for  thee,  my  God, for thy  greater  honor,  and  glory,  and  pure  love.