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* "I adore you, O Christ, and I bless you, because by your Holy Cross you are redeeming me." | * "I adore you, O Christ, and I bless you, because by your Holy Cross you are redeeming me." | ||
* "My Lord and my God." | * "My Lord and my God." | ||
* "Wash me, Lord, from my iniquity; cleanse me from my sin" (Ps 51:2). | |||
== An English Litany == | == An English Litany == | ||
Dear Mary, teach me to: | Dear Mary, teach me to: | ||
::- want Jesus, | |||
::- seek Jesus, | ::- seek Jesus, | ||
::- call Jesus, | |||
::- find Jesus, | ::- find Jesus, | ||
::- know Jesus, | ::- know Jesus, | ||
::- love Jesus, | ::- love Jesus, | ||
::- choose Jesus, | |||
::- serve Jesus, | ::- serve Jesus, | ||
::- take Jesus, | ::- take Jesus, | ||
::- eat Jesus, | ::- eat Jesus, | ||
::- drink Jesus, | ::- drink Jesus, | ||
::- sense Jesus, | |||
::- taste Jesus, | |||
::- touch Jesus, | |||
::- breathe Jesus, | ::- breathe Jesus, | ||
::- hold Jesus, | |||
::- hug Jesus, | |||
::- sing Jesus, | ::- sing Jesus, | ||
::- hear Jesus, | ::- hear Jesus, |
Latest revision as of 16:11, 21 February 2013
By "aspirations," I mean short, heartfelt, often repeated prayers that help us cope with difficulties.
- St. Philip Neri
- As soon as a man feels that he is tempted, he should fly to God, and devoutly utter that petition which the fathers of the desert so much esteemed:
- Deus in adjutorium meum intende; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina: "God, come to my assistance; Lord, make haste to help me."
- Cor mundum crea in me Deus: "A clean heart create in me, O God."
- As soon as a man feels that he is tempted, he should fly to God, and devoutly utter that petition which the fathers of the desert so much esteemed:
- "My Jesus, mercy!"
- "I love you, Jesus, my love."
- "Jesus, I trust in you."
- "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
- "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph."
- "I adore you, O Christ, and I bless you, because by your Holy Cross you are redeeming me."
- "My Lord and my God."
- "Wash me, Lord, from my iniquity; cleanse me from my sin" (Ps 51:2).
An English Litany
Dear Mary, teach me to:
- - want Jesus,
- - seek Jesus,
- - call Jesus,
- - find Jesus,
- - know Jesus,
- - love Jesus,
- - choose Jesus,
- - serve Jesus,
- - take Jesus,
- - eat Jesus,
- - drink Jesus,
- - sense Jesus,
- - taste Jesus,
- - touch Jesus,
- - breathe Jesus,
- - hold Jesus,
- - hug Jesus,
- - sing Jesus,
- - hear Jesus,
- - think Jesus,
- - speak Jesus,
- - preach Jesus,
- - praise Jesus,
- - thank Jesus,
- - bless Jesus,
- - bring Jesus,
- - give Jesus,
- - keep Jesus,
- - share Jesus,
- - trust Jesus.