What is the first act of religion?
It is that interior act which is called devotion (LXXXII. 1, 2).
What is devotion?
Devotion is a certain movement of the will whereby it gives itself and all dependent on it to the service of God, and this always and with a holy zeal (LXXXII. 1, 2).
After devotion, what is man's first act in the service of God?
It is the act of prayer.
Next - The Catechism of the Summa - XXIX. OF RELIGION AND ITS INTERIOR ACTS: OF DEVOTION; OF PRAYER, ITS NATURE AND NECESSITY; OF THE "OUR FATHER" OR THE LORD'S PRAYER, AND ITS EFFICACIOUSNESS (B)
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