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Introduction How to Use this Book D AY 1: Put God at the beginning D AY 2: See God everywhere D AY 3: When God speaks, hear D AY 4: See God in the beauty of creation D AY 5: Let all creation remind you of the Creator D AY 6: Admire the world as a work of art D AY 7: Every season has its spiritual reward D AY 8: The harmony of the universe D AY 9: Nature shows us the Resurrection D AY 10: Don’t underestimate God D AY 11: Use what God gave you the way God intended D AY 12: Look for truth in every way, find it in Christ D AY 13: Use your education D AY 14: Train yourself with secular learning D AY 15: Believe—it’s the rational thing D AY 16: Believe, then use your reason D AY 17: Praise God for the beauty of light D AY 18: Remember that everything is made for a reason D AY 19: Appreciate God’s mercy after the Fall D AY 20: Thank God for the wicked D AY 21: Put good things in their place D AY 22: Vice proves that our nature is good D AY 23: Don’t look for evil outside ourselves D AY 24: Don’t make excuses D AY 25: Love the sinner, hate the sin D AY 26: Moral evils are the only true evils D AY 27: Turn evil into good D AY 28: See how the Word stooped down to us D AY 29: Imitate Christ and learn the power of humility D AY 30: Remember God’s greatest gift D AY 31: Recognize both natures in Christ D AY 32: Don’t misjudge Christ’s Kingdom D AY 33: Follow the Magi D AY 34: Bring Christ the gifts of the Magi D AY 35: Take Christ as your model of love D AY 36: Christ taught by doing D AY 37: Learn to suffer from Christ D AY 38: Find your strength in Jesus’ weakness D AY 39: Cross the bridge to heaven D AY 40: Let your tears turn to joy D AY 41: Live a life worthy of the Resurrection D AY 42: What we mean by “the right hand of the Father” D AY 43: Rely on God to make your soul fit for him D AY 44: Make time for God D AY 45: Clean out your heart before you pray D AY 46: Be reconciled before you pray D AY 47: Watch for distractions when you pray D AY 48: Praying the Our Father D AY 49: Dare to call God Father D AY 50: Our daily bread is the Word of God and the Mass D AY 51: Lead us not into temptation D AY 52: Expect Satan’s attack when you pray D AY 53: Look for quiet when you pray D AY 54: Get rid of your anger before you pray D AY 55: In prayer, quality counts more than quantity D AY 56: Don’t despair when you’re in a dry spell D AY 57: Make the Sign of the Cross everywhere D AY 58: Let creation be your book D AY 59: Be worthy of your creation D AY 60: Know that you are God’s image D AY 61: Learn to be like God D AY 62: Put the right value on created things D AY 63: Imitate God, not the animals D AY 64: Find the temple in your heart D AY 65: To know God, live a godly life D AY 66: Recognize the good emotions D AY 67: Follow the promptings of nature D AY 68: Rely on what no one can take away D AY 69: Free will is the problem—and the solution D AY 70: Denying free will proves that there is free will D AY 71: Foreknowledge doesn’t cancel free will D AY 72: Use the gifts God gave you rightly D AY 73: Find the best use of your talents D AY 74: Stay on course D AY 75: Cooperation is a law of nature D AY 76: Everything takes faith D AY 77: Don’t doubt—just pray D AY 78: Feel the power of faith D AY 79: Build your faith on the Stone D AY 80: Believe what Christ tells you D AY 81: Learn faith from Mary Magdalene D AY 82: Study your faith D AY 83: Put God’s rules first D AY 84: Learn practice before theory D AY 85: Love the truth as the martyrs did D AY 86: Distinguish what’s important to be right about D AY 87: See the truth in the works it produces D AY 88: The errors of others don’t make you right D AY 89: Learn how to control your thoughts D AY 90: Thoughts of sin are seeds of sin D AY 91: Let love lead your mind back to God D AY 92: Find all the virtues in love D AY 93: Drink from the fountain of love D AY 94: Seek understanding with love D AY 95: Live for others, not for yourself D AY 96: Plant the seeds of love D AY 97: Do what’s appropriate, but always in love D AY 98: Remember that everyone is your “neighbor” D AY 99: Give, and let God take care of the rest D AY 100: Be kind even to people who don’t deserve it D AY 101: Be generous in secret D AY 102: Help the Church help others D AY 103: Don’t be guilty of someone else’s despair D AY 104: If you want faith, practice patience D AY 105: We are called to endure pain and illness D AY 106: Cultivate patience and be at peace D AY 107: Let difficulties be your teachers D AY 108: Make the right use of your worries D AY 109: Feel pity for your persecutors D AY 110: Learn to distinguish what really matters D AY 111: Remember that God controls your destiny D AY 112: Never despair of God’s help D AY 113: Trust God to bring good even from the wicked D AY 114: Love virtue for its own sake D AY 115: Be like steel, not like wax D AY 116: Learn good habits during Lent D AY 117: Suit your practice to your nature. D AY 118: Be cheerful D AY 119: Praise according to your ability D AY 120: Don’t forget to give thanks D AY 121: Learn contentment from the fish D AY 122: Be satisfied with enough D AY 123: Be happy with enough, and you’ll get what you want D AY 124: Learn the lesson of the bees D AY 125: Give your leisure to the Lord D AY 126: Be pleased with what pleases God D AY 127: Trust God’s promises, and take what comes D AY 128: Work for the Kingdom is never wasted D AY 129: Beware of depression D AY 130: Work through your grief D AY 131: Loss is only temporary D AY 132: Let reason console you for your losses D AY 133: Don’t try to limit God D AY 134: Everything in good order D AY 135: See the big picture D AY 136: Don’t blame God for what bad people do D AY 137: God’s mercy works through us D AY 138: Live a life worthy of your baptism D AY 139: Hear the silence of Jesus D AY 140: Live and talk like a Christian D AY 141: Be Christian in your conversation D AY 142: Train your tongue to serve righteousness D AY 143: Think before you speak D AY 144: Keep silent until the right moment D AY 145: Weigh your words carefully D AY 146: Lying is always a sin D AY 147: Always avoid insults D AY 148: Learn to tell good jokes from bad D AY 149: Don’t even listen to slander D AY 150: Run away from mockery D AY 151: Don’t return insult for insult D AY 152: Ignore insults and keep silent D AY 153: Give praise instead of blasphemy D AY 154: Don’t give an opening to rumor D AY 155: Only you can hurt your own salvation D AY 156: Hate only evil D AY 157: Be Christian in your entertainment D AY 158: Think about what your entertainment is teaching D AY 159: Show your enthusiasm for God D AY 160: Let your life match your words D AY 161: Beware men of clever insincerity D AY 162: Take your Christian life seriously D AY 163: The more you work, the more you need Scripture D AY 164: Your heart is like a flour mill D AY 165: Discover the truth in Scripture D AY 166: See the New Covenant in the Old D AY 167: Rejoice in the knowledge of Scripture D AY 168: Pay careful attention to Scripture D AY 169: Don’t neglect Scripture D AY 170: Approach Scripture with humility D AY 171: Pray when you read the Bible D AY 172: Don’t let confusing scriptures discourage you D AY 173: Reading Scripture is a foretaste of heaven D AY 174: Find your defense against temptation in Scripture D AY 175: Take your examples from Scripture D AY 176: Take the medicine that costs you nothing D AY 177: Avoid the smoke of worldly cares D AY 178: Examine your conscience before Mass D AY 179: Don’t be like Herod! D AY 180: Get to Mass on time D AY 181: Sacrifice yourself along with the Eucharist D AY 182: The heavens are opened in the Eucharist D AY 183: Learn to love the Mass D AY 184: Take communion every day D AY 185: Stay for the whole Mass D AY 186: Take some time to reflect after Mass D AY 187: Find your delight in heavenly food D AY 188: Color your soul with the Mass D AY 189: Find rest in the Church D AY 190: Honor your parents and you honor God D AY 191: Trust the whole church, not the loner D AY 192: Follow this rule: universality, antiquity, consent D AY 193: Love unity, avoid divisions D AY 194: Submit to the teaching of the Church D AY 195: Eat from the right fruit D AY 196: Flee to the Church D AY 197: Listen to God in your elders D AY 198: It takes sacrifice to be a good shepherd D AY 199: Apply what you hear in church to yourself D AY 200: Don’t rely on worldly things D AY 201: Don’t blame the Church for wicked Christians D AY 202: Work to heal the wound of schism D AY 203: Give the credit to Peter D AY 204: Live like a Christian in marriage D AY 205: Remember your marriage vows D AY 206: Remember your own faults, too D AY 207: Give up your double standard D AY 208: Hold yourself to your own standard D AY 209: Lift up your hearts D AY 210: Keep the soul pure to keep the body pure D AY 211: Marriage is good; virginity is better D AY 212: Find God through continence D AY 213: Be poor to be rich D AY 214: Toss out the image of the devil D AY 215: See the real power of wealth D AY 216: Beware the life of ease D AY 217: Use what you’ve been given for good D AY 218: Be moderate and reasonable in clothing D AY 219: Invest in heaven D AY 220: Expect better returns from the poor D AY 221: Share everything D AY 222: Don’t take advantage of misfortune D AY 223: Remember the poor and trust God to provide D AY 224: Beware of prosperity—Satan lurks there D AY 225: Beware the temptations of power D AY 226: Be happy with enough D AY 227: Use your money for good D AY 228: Be thankful in adversity as well as in prosperity D AY 229: See poverty as an opportunity for service D AY 230: The sick need your help, not just sympathy D AY 231: Deposit your wealth in heaven D AY 232: Don’t worry about being too generous D AY 233: Ill-gotten gains make wicked gifts D AY 234: Feed the poor and you feed Christ D AY 235: Think of the future D AY 236: Learn the lesson of the grapevine and the elm D AY 237: Judge yourself, not your neighbors D AY 238: Put things right before you ask for forgiveness D AY 239: To know God, confess your sins D AY 240: Sincere repentance saves the wickedest D AY 241: Five ways to repent D AY 242: Be happy to be corrected D AY 243: Attack your strongest sin first D AY 244: Take the medicine that cures you D AY 245: The “anger” of Christ is his mercy D AY 246: Trust your Physician, even if the cure hurts D AY 247: Repent for the sake of the Eucharist D AY 248: Excommunication is a last resort D AY 249: Learn to repent from Judas D AY 250: Uproot sin and sow spiritual seed D AY 251: Bear fruit that befits repentance D AY 252: Make use of your sins D AY 253: Keep your soul light as a feather D AY 254: Weep, and find joy D AY 255: Listen to your conscience D AY 256: Learn to forgive D AY 257: Sow on earth, reap in heaven D AY 258: Be humble from the start D AY 259: Give the credit to God D AY 260: Humble yourself as Christ did D AY 261: Forget the good you’ve done D AY 262: When things go well, remember who you are D AY 263: The better you get, the humbler you need to be D AY 264: We are all equal in God’s sight D AY 265: Keep struggling against vanity D AY 266: Beware of desiring praise D AY 267: Rise above popular opinion D AY 268: Don’t run away from sloth D AY 269: Be moderate and give thanks D AY 270: The opposite of gluttony is moderation D AY 271: Gluttony brings you down to earth D AY 272: Control your body, and set your soul free D AY 273: Be reasonably moderate D AY 274: Use God’s gifts in moderation D AY 275: Beware your passions D AY 276: Don’t let passion outrun reason D AY 277: Manage your passions, manage your life D AY 278: Make the right use of your passions D AY 279: Calm your mind—or at least your tongue D AY 280: Don’t insult God’s image D AY 281: Don’t let anger force the Spirit out D AY 282: Don’t excuse your anger from Scripture D AY 283: Find the right use for your anger D AY 284: Blame yourself for your anger D AY 285: Never be angry—at all D AY 286: Don’t blame your bad mood on someone else D AY 287: Control your anger before you pray D AY 288: Christ suffered to keep you from anger D AY 289: Rip out covetousness by the roots D AY 290: Don’t look for more than what belongs to you D AY 291: Destroy covetousness before it destroys you D AY 292: Try window-shopping instead D AY 293: Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall D AY 294: Set aside old grudges D AY 295: Overcome the things that make you fight D AY 296: Overcome your jealousy D AY 297: Guard against every vice D AY 298: Set one vice against another D AY 299: Don’t blame the world for your failings D AY 300: Turn temptation into triumph D AY 301: Avoid the first approaches of evil D AY 302: Expect the devil to attack where you’re weakest D AY 303: Know how Satan works D AY 304: Endure temptation—it’s God’s training for you D AY 305: Starve Satan D AY 306: Remember that God, not Satan, is in control D AY 307: Not even the devil can make you sin D AY 308: Throw off your shackles D AY 309: Be a child of light and conquer Satan D AY 310: Fear the Lord, not the devil D AY 311: Keep on your toes D AY 312: Don’t worship idols in your heart D AY 313: Keep your perspective D AY 314: Remember death, and live D AY 315: Live like a visitor to this world D AY 316: Think of yourself as a guest in this life D AY 317: Remember, your life belongs to God alone D AY 318: Fear the death of the soul, not of the body D AY 319: Learn from nature that we are immortal D AY 320: Death is transformed into sleep D AY 321: Make light of what is mortal D AY 322: Know the resurrection by the proofs D AY 323: Share in the sufferings of the martyrs D AY 324: Why not choose death? D AY 325: The resurrection is easy for God D AY 326: Be ready for the end of the world D AY 327: Remember the judgment of Christ D AY 328: Measure your duty by heaven, not earth D AY 329: Nothing gets past God D AY 330: Don’t judge by appearances D AY 331: Why are the wicked joyful? D AY 332: Pity the prosperous sinner D AY 333: Not being with God is the real punishment D AY 334: Fear God, not death D AY 335: Evil is evil, even if God turns it to good D AY 336: This hurts me more than it hurts you D AY 337: Everyday martyrdom D AY 338: Practice what you preach D AY 339: Become famous for good deeds D AY 340: Keep trying to spread the Good News D AY 341: You are the soul of the world D AY 342: Bring your neighbors to church D AY 343: Save souls through service D AY 344: Let your struggles help others D AY 345: Never stop praying for others D AY 346: Pray for the straying D AY 347: Welcome the straying when they turn back D AY 348: Pray for conversions D AY 349: Learn persuasion from the Lord D AY 350: Treat opponents mildly D AY 351: Be gentlest with the most abrasive people D AY 352: Don’t be surprised when evil enters the Church D AY 353: Fear nothing: the Lord is with you D AY 354: Find the best models to imitate D AY 355: Remember the martyrs D AY 356: Show reverence to what is sacred D AY 357: Rely on the prayers of the saints D AY 358: Venerate the saints and martyrs D AY 359: Honoring the saints goes back to the Apostles D AY 360: Honor Mary in Christ’s flesh D AY 361: Honor the virginity of Mary D AY 362: Learn from Mary how to live D AY 363: Imitate Mary’s modesty D AY 364: See what God has done for you D AY 365: Continue in the Word Who Are the Fathers? 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