June 9th
St Chantal on Prayer
Mental Prayer

What we do in prayer must be determined according to our attraction, whether it be by meditation or by a simple gazing upon God, according as He may lead us.

Every meditation must be ended by three acts which we should never fail to make.  The first is thanksgiving; the second, the offering of our prayer; the third, an act of petition, by which we implore God's aid in order to carry out the good resolutions which we have made.  We must gather a little bouquet of devotion made up of the chief acts of love which we have carried out in order that we may savor it throughout our day.