It will be noticed at a glance that the following aspirations and texts may at the same time be used as subjects of meditation. Fatigued or distracted minds will find them to be a delightful spiritual symposium, if only they will take the trouble of perusing them.
1. O Sacrament most holy! O Sacrament divine! All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine!
2. O sweetest Heart of Jesus, I implore that I may ever love Thee more and more!
3. Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto Thine!
4. Sweet Heart of Jesus, be my love!
5. My Jesus, mercy!
6. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give thee my heart and my soul! Jesus, Mary and Joseph, assist me in my last agony! Jesus, Mary and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with thee!
7. Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation!
8. My Queen, my Mother, remember I am thine own; keep me, guard me as thy property and thy possession.
9. Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom God's love commits me here,
Ever this day be at my side,
To light and guard, to rule and guide!
10. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!
11. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!
12. Praised be Jesus, now and forever! Amen.
13. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved in every place!
14. Jesus, my God, I love Thee above all things!
15. My God and my All!
16. All for the greater honor and glory of God!
17. My sweetest Jesus, be not my Judge but my Savior!
18. All for Jesus!
19. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them!
20. O Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee!
21. O Lord, teach us how to pray!
22. Lord, that I may see.
23. Thy will be done!
24. Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof.
25. Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.
26. My meat is to do the will of Him Who sent me.
27. Lord, that 1 may know Thee, that I may know myself!
28. Give us this day our daily bread.
29. Lord, increase our faith.
30. Faith removes mountains!
31. My delight is to be with the children of men.
32. Love one another as I have loved you.
33. Behold thy Mother!
34. Be ye perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
35. He that hopeth in the Lord shall not be confounded.
36. If God is for us, who can be against us?
37. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
38. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the land.
39. The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord!
40. Through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
41. Behold, now is the acceptable time!
42. I am the Good Shepherd.
43. He was subject to them.
44. Go to Joseph!
45. Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.
46. Judge not, that you may not be judged.
47. Obedience is the tomb of self-will.
48. Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth.
49. My son, give Me thy heart.
50. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.
51. Whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God.
52. My grace is sufficient for thee.
53. The crown is given to him who fights.
54. In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread.
55. God loveth a cheerful giver.
56. The life of man upon earth is a warfare.
57. If thou didst know the gift of God!
58. If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself.
59. He was wounded for our iniquities, He was bruised for our sins.
60. Without Me you can do nothing.
61. In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.
62. Time is worth as much as God.
63. Unless you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
64. The obedient man shall speak of victory.
65. He that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.
66. The tongue is a world of iniquity.
67. God resisteth the proud, but to the humble He giveth grace.
68. Remove self-will, and there will be no Hell.
69. Whom the Lord loveth He chastiseth.
70. Of what use will this be for my eternity?
71. I was born for greater things.
72. Bernard, why hast thou come hither?
73. Our conversation is in Heaven.
74. Serve ye the Lord with gladness.
75. Watch and pray.
76. What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?
77. Come to Me, all ye who labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
78. My yoke is sweet and My burden light.
79. Keep the Rule and the Rule will keep you.
80. Idleness hath taught much evil.
81. Prayer is the key to Heaven.
82. He who prays well, lives well.
83. Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before Thee; I am not now worthy to be called Thy son.
84. Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.
85. Knowledge puffeth up.
86. The kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence.
87. Hedge in thy ears with thorns, and hear not a wicked tongue.
88. They that are Christ's have crucified their flesh with its vices and concupiscences.
89. Pride is hateful before God and men.
90. The world is crucified to me and I to the world.
91. Humility is the mother and guardian of all virtues.
92. Everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
93. Obedience is better than sacrifice.
94. He that heareth you heareth Me, and he that despiseth you despiseth Me.
95. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
96. I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life.
97. As long as you did it to one of these My least brethren, you did it to Me.
98. Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you.
99. The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.
100. A servant of Mary shall not perish.
- taken from Catechism of Mental Prayer, by Father Joseph Simler