Traditional Catholic Novena
St. Philip Neri Novena
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Philip Neri for joy, humor, and Rome. Traditionally prayed May 17 through May 25, or any time.
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About This Novena
This novena turns to St. Philip Neri as a saint of holy joy and asks that anxiety be replaced by cheerful trust in God.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for joy, humor, Rome, those burdened by worry, and cheerful holiness.
Usual timing
May 17 through May 25, or any time
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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.
Hear us, we pray, especially in this need
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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, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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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About this novena
Description
This novena turns to St. Philip Neri as a saint of holy joy and asks that anxiety be replaced by cheerful trust in God.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
joy, humor, Rome, those burdened by worry, cheerful holiness
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for joy, humor, Rome, those burdened by worry, and cheerful holiness.
Usual timing
May 17 through May 25, or any time
Saint Philip Neri, Friedrich Overbeck