O my God, I thank Thee for the audience with which Thou hast honored me. I thank Thee for all the inspirations and good sentiments Thou hast imparted to me, and for all the good resolutions Thou hast suggested to me.
O my God, I ask Thy pardon for all the negligences of which I have made myself guilty during this holy exercise. I profoundly humble myself for them. Have mercy on me, O my God, and do not permit that my carelessness may deprive me of the graces Thy goodness had prepared for me.
O my God, I renew with more determination than ever the resolution to..., and in order to be faithful to it, I will adopt the following means....
For my spiritual bouquet I shall take these words.... I will often repeat them during the day and especially on this or that occasion....
O my God, bless again this resolution before I withdraw, that I may always remain faithful to it. Dearest Virgin Mary, my good and tender Mother, into thy hands I deposit the fruits of this meditation, as also all my other spiritual goods. Preserve and increase them, that thy child may become less unworthy of thee. Saint N..., obtain for me the grace to be faithful to my resolution. Dear Guardian Angel, remove far from me every cause of dissipation, which would expose me to lose the fruits of my meditation.
(Here one should conclude the exercise of mental prayer with vocal prayers of his own choice, recommending further to God, to Mary, and to his other heavenly protectors the resolutions and fruits of this exercise.)
- taken from Catechism of Mental Prayer, by Father Joseph Simler