POINT III. What means can I use for this purpose?
1. Good daily meditations, by which I keep supernatural motives before my mind.
2. Careful examinations of conscience, watching in particular the motives of my actions.
3. Earnest prayer for light and grace steadily to advance in sanctity.
Such prayer is suggested in various parts of the “Book of Wisdom,” to which we referred before; for instance, “Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne, and cast me not off from among thy children. For I am thy servant and the son of thy handmaid, a weak man and of short time, and falling short of the understanding of judgment and laws. For if one be perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded” (ix, 4-6).
Colloquy. An earnest petition for grace to renew and increase our interior spirit.
MEDITATION III
The Interior Spirit Is Fostered by Faith
1st Prelude. Recall the words of Christ: “Amen, amen, I say unto you, He that believeth in me hath everlasting life” (St. John vi, 47).
2nd Prelude. Ask earnestly for an intense spirit of faith.
POINT I. Consider the value of faith in the sight of God.