1. The doctrines on mental prayer as contained in this book.1. The doctrines on mental prayer as contained in this book.
2. The ordinary prayers of a Christian; and among these, principally the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and, above all, the Apostles Creed.
3. The hymn Veni Greator, the prose Veni Sancte Spiritus, and the invocation Veni Sancte Spiritus! (Come, Holy Ghost!).
4. The Acts of Faith, Hope, Charity, Contrition, oblation, adoration, thanksgiving, etc., and the doxology (Glory Be to the Father . . .).
5. The acts before and after Communion.
6. The Mass prayers.
7. The mysteries of our holy religion, particularly the mysteries of the Holy Rosary, the other mysteries of the life of our Savior, of the Blessed Virgin, of the saints, and above all, the Passion, the Holy Eucharist, and the Sacred Heart.
8. The Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus.
9. The Litany of the Blessed Virgin, the Ave Maris Stella, the Magnificat, the Salve Regina, the Memorare, the Sub Tuum, and the antiphons in honor of the Immaculate Conception.
10. The Litany of the Saints, particularly the invocations which terminate it.
11. Holy Writ, particularly the Psalms and the Biblical narratives, the Sermon on the Mount {Matthew 5:3-12), Our Lord's discourse after the Last Supper {John 13-17), and the parables, such as those of the Prodigal Son {Luke 15:11 -32) and of the Pharisee and the Publican. {Luke 18:9-14).
12. The Following of Christ, The Spiritual Combat, the writings of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, etc.
13. For priests, the ordination prayers in the Manual of Ordinations.
14. For religious, the formula of their religious profession, and their Rule.
15. For all, the prayers of the Ritual for the administration of Baptism, Confirmation, Extreme Unction, and the prayers for the agonizing; finally, the prayers for the dead, and the Office of the Dead.
- taken from Catechism of Mental Prayer, by Father Joseph Simler