. Life and letters of Henry Van Rensselaer : priest of the Society of Jesus . , etc. Of course the object of the work is to accustom us to helpourselves and to be ready for anything. It is good to haveour hands going sometimes instead of our heads. The out-door work lasts about half an hour. Then we study, and wash and get ready for dinner; at we go intothe chapel for what is called the particular examen, that iswe renew in our minds all we have thought, done, said, oromitted since the morning, dwelling on the resolution madein the mornings meditation to correct some fault or to
. Life and letters of Henry Van Rensselaer : priest of the Society of Jesus . , etc. Of course the object of the work is to accustom us to helpourselves and to be ready for anything. It is good to haveour hands going sometimes instead of our heads. The out-door work lasts about half an hour. Then we study, and wash and get ready for dinner; at we go intothe chapel for what is called the particular examen, that iswe renew in our minds all we have thought, done, said, oromitted since the morning, dwelling on the resolution madein the mornings meditation to correct some fault or to prac-tice some act of virtue. The Angelus bell rings at 1, andwhen the prayer is said dinner begins. There is no talkingat meals, but instead there is reading, first a portion of Scrip-ture, then some history or biography, ending with the list ofthe martyrs and saints whose anniversaries occur on thefollowing day. After every meal all go into the chapel fora few moments of silent prayer. Recreation for an hourfollows, with prayer for a quarter, reading of the Imitation 168. LETTERS TO HIS MOTHER. of Christ for another quarter, then work indoors and out-doors, with some free time afterwards. Three times a weekone of us has to catechise the others as if they were children,in order to get facility in questioning and explaining. Twicea week we practise singing; and time is given for spiritualreading, lives of saints, etc. At six there is half an hoursmeditation in the chapel, followed by prayers. Supper is , with recreation for an hour. At 9 litanies are recitedin the chapel. After that we prepare points for the nextmornings meditation; at make an examination of con-science about all we have done, thought, said during theday; at a quarter to ten prepare for bed, and at ten lightsout. So you see we lead quite an active and certainly a verybusy life; at the same time it is a very spiritual one. Duringthe day we speak only at recreation hours; at other timeswhenever it is n
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