Ways to Start the Day

(Found here)

“In order to succeed in prayer, it should be done when we first awaken, when our whole being is calm and recollected. We need to make our meditation before anything else.”

~St. Peter Julian Eymard

“Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.”

~St. Francis de Sales

“‘My soul is always in my hand, yet do I not forget Thy Law,’ David says. Examine yourself often, at least night and morning, as to whether your soul is ‘in your hand;’ or whether it has been wrested thence by any passionate or anxious emotion. See whether your soul is fully under control, or whether it has not in anywise escaped from beneath your hand, to plunge into some unruly love, hate, envy, lust, fear, vexation or joy. And if it has so strayed, before all else seek it out, and quietly bring it back to the Presence of God, once more placing all your hopes and affections under the direction of His Holy Will. Just as one who fears to lose some precious possession holds it tight in his hand, so, like King David, we ought to be able to say, ‘My soul is always in my hand, and therefore I have not forgotten Thy Law.’”

~St. Francis de Sales

“While dressing in the morning I will think of the Incarnation, in which our Lord put on our nature, and I will thank God for it.”

~St. Anthony Mary Claret