O'CONNELL'S RULE OF LIFE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 211, 20 April 1877, Page 13

O'CONNELL'S RULE OF LIFE.

The following rules of life were written by Daniel O'Connell, and are copied from hi 3 own manuscript : — Ist. To avoid a -wilful occasion of temptation. 2nd. To appeal to God, and invoke the Holy Virgin and the saints, in all real temptations. 3rd To say the Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity every day. 4th. To repeat, as often as may be, a shorter form. sth. To say daily, at least, and as of cen as may be, a fervent Act of Contrition. 6th. To begin every day with an unlimited offering of myself totally to my crucified Redeemer; and to conjure Him, by all his infinite merits and divine charity, to take me under His direction and control in all things 7th. To meditate for at least half an hour each day if possible — longer if God pleases. Bth. We fly to thy patronage, etc , and St. Bernard's prayer to the Virgin, as often as convenient, daily. 9th. Ejaculations, invocations of the Blessed Virgin, Guardian Angel, and the saints, as often daily as may be. 10th. To pray daily to God, His Blessed Mother, and the saints , for a happy death — and as often as may be. 11th To avoid most carefully small faults and venial sins even the smallest. ' 12th. To aim at pleasing God in all my daily actions ; and to be influenced by love of God in all, rather than hope or fear.