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CAPTURE YOUR SOUL》-FIVE MINUTES TO SPARE

No matter how busy you are ,you could spend five minutes:

To answer the telephone

To read the morning paper

To talk with a neighbor

To dispute with the laundryman about a mistake

To watch new furniture being unloaded next door

To chat with a salesman

To read a trivial letter

Or to write one

It takes only five minutes:

To say a prayer for the suffering friend

To stop and think of God's daily gift of mercy

To remember the cross

To make an act of faith, hope, and love

To whisper an"our Father" or "Hail Mary" for someone in need

To say a decade of the Rosary for the pour souls

To vist the little statue or picture on the mantle¹ place and tell the Savior how much you love him

To make a spiritual communion

Which is the better way to spend five minutes?

1 mantle   

n.斗篷，覆罩之物，罩子；v.罩住，覆盖，脸红

参考例句：

• The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
• The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow.山上覆盖着一层雪。