Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Philip Neri Novena
Prayed for joy, cheerfulness, freedom from anxiety, and a heart burning with love for God.
St. Philip Neri is traditionally invoked as patron of joy, humor, Rome, those burdened by worry, cheerful holiness.
Saint Philip Neri, Friedrich Overbeck
Pray This Novena
Start with day 1
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Day 1 of 9
The same principal prayer is used each day. Choose the day you are on, pray the main prayer below, and mark the day complete when you finish.
Private intention
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Day 1
Pray the principal prayer below for this day of the novena.
Principal Prayer for Each Day
Pray this same prayer each day after the day's meditation.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Holy St Philip Neri, patron saint of joy, you who trusted Scripture’s promise that the Lord is always at hand and that we need not have anxiety about anything, in your compassion heal our worries and sorrows and lift the burdens from our hearts.
We come to you as ones whose hearts swell with abundant love for God and all creation.
Pause here for the grace you are asking.
Keep us safe through your loving intercession, and may the joy of the Holy Spirit which filled your heart, St. Philip, transform our lives and bring us peace.
Amen.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary Glory Be
St Philip Neri, Pray for us (repeat 3 times)
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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