Prayers - Aspirations

ASPIRATIONS

Jesus, Mary, Joseph
Lord have mercy!
Blessed be God!
Jesus!

An aspiration is a short prayer, sometimes only
a single word, spoken in a single breath,
meant to be repeated silently throughout the day, to remind us often of God, and to "keep God
reminded" of us.

Aspirations are like a soft pattering
rain, which, rather than falling
to the ground, rises upward to heaven.

In saying aspirations, we obey
Saint Paul's injunction
to "Pray without ceasing,"
turning our thoughts heavenward often,
however briefly.

Very early on, Christians came to understand
that the Holy Name of Jesus alone had great power, and the recitation of His Name was itself
a form of prayer.

St. Paul wrote in Philippians 2,
"At the name of Jesus every knee should bow."

(As children, we were taught to bow our heads whenever saying the name of Jesus. Once, in church, I was repeating the Holy Name over and over
and nodding each time. Amusingly, (in retrospect), a nun sitting behind me scolded me for bobbing
my head up and down during Mass DBM)

Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!

Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!

Amen

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