Devotion to Mary addressed to the faithful with little time available

• 1. Collected life of Mary. recollection comes from the flight of the world and from the habit of meditating: Maria possessed it perfectly. The world fled, hiding itself small in the temple; and, later, the room of Nazareth was a place of solitude for her. But, endowed with the use of reason since her Conception, her mind rose pure to God contemplating its beauty, its amiability; he continually meditated on His Jesus (Luc. 2, 15), living collected in Him.

2. Sources of our dissipation. Where do your constant distractions come from in the time of prayers, of Mass, of approaching the Holy Sacraments? Whence it comes that, while the Saints and Mary, their Queen, always thought of God, they sighed almost every moment of God, for you they spend the days, as well as the hours, without an ejaculation? ... It won't be because you love the world, that is, vanities , useless talk, mixing you in other people's facts, all things that distract?

3. The collected soul, with Mary. Persuade yourself of the need for meditation if you want to flee from sin and learn the union with God, proper to holy souls. Meditation concentrates the spirit, teaches us to reflect on things, revives the Faith, shakes the heart, inflames it with holy ardor. Today you promise to get used to daily meditation, and live gathered with Mary, thinking if it will benefit you more, on the point of death. Recollection with God, or dissipation with the world.

PRACTICE. - Recite three Salve Regina; often turn your heart to God and Mary.