2. Confession and Communion. — Receive the holy sacraments frequently — once a week or, certainly, once a month. Go as often as you can to holy communion, with the advice of your spiritual director. When you commit any sin, make an act of contrition immediately and resolve to amend; if it is a mortal sin, confess it as soon as possible.
3. Occasions of Sin. — Avoid idleness, bad companions, low theaters and public balls, immoral books, sensational newspapers, salacious literature, foolish novels and romances, games of chance, and every occasion of sin. In temptations, bless yourself, invoke the most holy names of Jesus and Mary, and think of death. "He that loveth danger shall perish ii it."
4. Sundays. — "Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day." Be not satisfied with hearing a Low Mass on Sundays. Hear sermons as often as possible, and listen attentively to the word of God. No matter how poor an orator a priest may be, no matter how plain his language or how unattractive bis delivery, remember that he is the representative of Christ, and that you can always find in every sermon sufficient matter for reflection and application to your own life and circumstances. Faithfully attend the meetings of the Sodality or Young Men's Society, and never absent yourself unnecessarily from afternoon or evening services and benediction.
