George Matulaitis Journal

Summer of 1913 1 Resolutions from our annual retreat: 1. Duties toward God: while celebrating Mass, reading the Office, or saying other prayers, I shall try to concentrate on the words and what they mean (actual attention). 2. Duties toward my neighbor: continue writing the Instructions and also, if possible, prepare a retreat manual; make sure that my subjects perform what is prescribed in the Constitution and Instructions. 3. Duties to myself: to cultivate a spirit of prayer, to live in the presence of God, and to try to use my time well. My mortifications remain the same as before. Have mercy on me, Lord! Have mercy on me, a sinner, for You are infinitely merciful! You will not scorn this crushed and broken heart! Put into me a new and constant spirit! 2 136 1 No date is given for this entry. The annual retreat probably took place in the summer during vacation. 2 In the original these phrases are in Latin. They are taken from Psalm 50, the “Miserere”; cf., verses 1, 19, and 10