Aspirations

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'), or that verse, cor mundum crea in me Deus ('A clean heart create for me, O God').