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Show Morning Prayer. Many are the advantages of morning prayer. How many sins would be avoided, how many graces would be acquired, ac-quired, if only we said morning prayers faithfully and with devotion? Never shall we know until we pass into eternity eterni-ty to stand before our Lord and Master, Mas-ter, and then perhaps have to say to him what Peter said of old: "Master, we have labored the whole night and have caught nothing." But let us be candid with ourselves. Is not our sloth and indifference in the service of God and the sanctification of our souls the real cause of the neglect of our morning prayers? Let us, then, when morning comes, cast away all sloth, all overindulgence in sleep, all domestic do-mestic duties, all business, all temporal tem-poral cares that may hinder us from praying to and praising God. Let us say to ourselves each morning: "This may be my last day on earth. I will rise and give its first minutes to God who made me, so that when my elays shall come to an end, and the night of the grave is near, my soul may see with joy the dawn of eternal day." |