Prayers and Exercises of Piety

28. 1. At all times and every day, they make at least half an hour of mental prayer in the morning.
29. 2. They recite the entire holy Rosary every day, and the Little Crown of the Blessed Virgin, at different times of the day, in community, so as to draw down, through this practice come from heaven, the divine blessing upon their persons and their ministries, as they experience every day.
30. 3. They ordinarily celebrate Holy Mass every day, with suitable preparation beforehand and at least half an hour of thanksgiving afterward, regarding as a subtle and common temptation anything that might prevent them from making this half hour of thanksgiving — for qui sibi nequam, cui alii bonum erit? [Sir 14:5]
31. 4. They recite their breviary in common — the Roman breviary — as far as their mission duties permit. If they are obliged to recite it in private, it is always with modesty, attention, and exemplary devotion.
32. 5. Every day they make about a quarter of an hour of particular examination of conscience in common before dinner.
33. 6. Each month, when they have returned from their missions, they make at least one day of retreat, devoting it solely to prayer and penance.
34. 7. They take their meals in silence, with love, modesty, and sobriety; and if they must speak during the meal, it is very quietly and in few words.
35. 8. On returning from their missions, during the rest that divine Wisdom grants and counsels them — venite seorsum et requiescite pusillum [Mk 6:31] — they apply themselves to study, to perfect themselves more and more in the knowledge needed for the pulpit and the confessional.
36. 9. No bodily penance is prescribed to them by rule; in this they are left to their own fervor, guided by obedience. They do, however, abstain from meat on Wednesdays and fast on Fridays or Saturdays; and on those two evenings only foods proper to a collation are set before them.