By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing - But I want to pose the corresponding question for the soul. We say that there is a soul, and that the body in many ways represents the soul. There is activity of the soul, and health and strength, too. So it seems we can ask: how many minutes should I exercise my soul each day for good spiritual health? Here, in contrast, although the matter is more important, we tend to think there is no objective answer, and we wouldn’t be sure of which authorities to appeal to, in order to answer it.