Novena to St. Philip Neri

Day 2

10 min

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena to St. Philip Neri

Opening prayer:

O glad St. Philip Neri, my glorious patron, who didst set Rome on fire with the joy of the Gospel, look kindly upon me as I begin this novena. Thy heart was wide with love and light with holy mirth; win for me a cheerful and humble heart like thine own, that I may serve God with gladness all the days of my life. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 2: A heart burning with love

Praying in the catacombs on the eve of Pentecost in 1544, Philip received a fire of divine love so vehement that, tradition holds, it swelled his heart and broke two of his ribs. For fifty years his breast would burn and throb with that love. So intense was his devotion that he sometimes fainted under it, crying, 'No more, Lord, no more.' Yet he wished to serve God not for sweetness but out of pure love. He invites us to ask boldly for a wider heart.

Philip, gain for me a portion of that gift thou hadst so abundantly. Alas, thy heart was burning with love, and mine is frozen toward God and alive only for creatures. When shall I learn to love nothing else but Thee? Gain for me a pure, a strong, an efficacious love, that, loving God on earth, I may behold Him with thee in heaven. Amen.

Today's intention:

For a heart set ablaze and enlarged with the love of God.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

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.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst 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.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

O St. Philip, whose heart the Holy Spirit enlarged and set aflame, present my petitions to the Lord thou didst love so dearly. Teach me to delight in God, to think little of myself, and to lead others to Him by kindness rather than by harshness, until heart speaks to heart with thee in the joy of heaven. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.