Catholicism

Introduction to the Devout Life, Chapter ix (110)

Considerations for Renewing Our Good Resolutions.
After having made your examination, and having conferred fully with a wise director concerning your faults and the remedies to be applied to them, you will take one of the following considerations each day, to make it the subject of your meditation, devoting the time of your prayer to it, and always following the same method of preparation and affections that I gave you in the first part; placing yourself, before all things, in the presence of God, and imploring His grace to establish you well in His love and holy service.

Source François de Sales, Introduction à la vie dévote (1609), Project Gutenberg #53540 — I Choose Peace translation from the French · Contents