Maronite Meditation 85: Blosius' Prayers for Illumination and for Union

Blosius said that even when we are occupied with conversation and business, we are able to attend to God, not entirely leaving the inner chamber of our hearts. He suggested two prayers or aspirations. First, one suited to the Illuminative Way: “…Grant me to dwell with Thee in the sanctuary of my soul ; grant that by steadfast thought, clear knowledge and fervent love, I may always be able to flow into Thee.”  Then the aspiration suited to the Unitive Way. "These words alone: "O Lord God," if from time to time they are thought over and repeated with a devout heart, are able to maintain a man inthe presence of God, or in God, and to shut out from his mind wandering imaginations and vain thoughts.”