Fourteen Spiritual Exercises to Help Foster the Spiritual Life
Fr. Wade’s Blog
By Fr. Wade Menezes, CPM
Fathers of Mercy
FOURTEEN SPIRITUAL EXERCISES TO HELP FOSTER THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
- Monthly Confession
- Weekly Eucharist, coupled with a weekly “visit” to the Most Blessed Sacrament
- Morning Offering
- Rosary (five decades daily)
- Chaplet of Divine Mercy (one daily)
- Fasting (according to the sound practice of Holy Mother Church)
- Two Daily Examinations of Conscience (i.e., Particular Examen at midday and General Examen at end of day)
- Short, fervent aspiration prayers said throughout the day (e.g., “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!”)
- Daily Liturgical Reader with Short Meditation for each day (e.g., Magnificat, The Word Among Us, One Bread One Body)
- Use of Sacramentals, whether in Objects (e.g., the use of Holy Water and Religious Medals) or in Actions (e.g., Blessings) and the practice of Indulgences (Partial and Plenary)
- Sacred Scripture (one chapter daily)
- Catechism of the Catholic Church (five paragraphs daily)
- Lives of the Saints (condensed version, one Saint per week)
- St. Faustina’s Diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul (five paragraphs per week)