ART. II. THE MEANS TO ADOPT OF PIOUS RECITATION.
A. Before Recitation.
1. Purify conscience. 2. Mortification of passions. 3. Guarding the senses. 4. Knowledge of the work that is to be done.
B. THE IMMEDIATE PREPARATION FOR THE RECITATION.
1. Reading the Ordo Recitandi officium.
2. To recollect ourselves.
3. To invoke God's aid.
4. To unite ourselves with Christ.
5. (a) Christ our model in prayer.
(b) Our prayers to be offered through him.
(c) Church wishes this and practices it ever.
(d) Lives of saints show how they united with Christ in prayer.
(e) Remembrance of the sublime work we engage in.
(f) To propose general, special and particular intentions.