About a line in the Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus

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“From the neglect of Thine inspirations, Jesus deliver us.”

In the past, this line from the prayer caused me to wonder what exactly was meant by Jesus’ “inspirations”. When I finally went looking for an answer I came across this:
God talks above all to the heart, through the inspirations of the Holy Spirit. These inspirations are our ultimate norm of sanctification because they make us understand, they remind us or they push us to do all that the Lord wants us to do in the actual circumstances of our life. Through the inspirations the Lord exclusively talks to the individual, to me, to you. The inspiration is not a lesson nor a general norm; the inspiration that the Lord grants to a soul cannot and should not be applied to another.
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from letter Divine Union
Father Louis M. Caputo, S.D.V.
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I had been thinking “inspirations” was related to Jesus (and us) in a more general, less personal way. For me this was a wonderful clarification which allows me to reflect more meaningfully on this line of the Litany. Father Caputo goes into more detail here:
The Holy Inspirations
 
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