11.  To offer yourself several times in the day to suffer every pain for His sake, saying:  My Jesus, I give myself entirely to Thee:  here I am; do with me whatsoever Thou pleasest.

12.  To resolve to die rather than commit a deliberate venial sin.

13.  To abstain from even lawful gratifications, at least two or three times in the day.

14.  To spend two hours, or at least an hour every day in mental prayer.

15.  To love solitude and silence, in order to converse alone with God:   hence it is necessary to love the choir and the cell, and to shun the grate, the door, and the terrace.