Sunday, July 5, 2020

Prayer to Saint Philomena



 "To Saint Philomena, God refuses nothing." 
-St. John Vianney

The Little Wonder-Worker

Canonized• by Pope Gregory XVI


Illustrious virgin and martyr, Saint Philomena, behold me prostrate before the throne whereon it has pleased the Most Holy Trinity to set thee. Full of confidence in thy protection, I entreat thee to intercede for me with God. Ah! from the heights of heaven deign to cast a glance upon thy humble client. Spouse of Christ, sustain me in suffering, fortify me in temptation, protect me in the dangers surrounding me, obtain for me the graces necessary to me, and in particular [mention your special intentions]. Above all, assist me at the hour of my death. Amen.

•Pope Leo XII granted permission for the erection of altars and churches in her honour
•Pope Gregory XVI authorized her public veneration, and named her patroness of the Living Rosary
•The cure of Pope Blessed Pius IX, while archbishop of Imola, was attributed to Philomena; in 1849, Pius named her patroness of the Children of Mary. 
•Pope Leo XIII approved the Confraternity of Saint Philomena, and raised it to an Archconfraternity
•Pope Pius X raised the Archconfraternity to a Universal Archconfraternity, and named Saint John Vianney its patron
•Saint John Vianney himself called Philomena the New Light of the Church Militant, and had a strong and well-known devotion to her

Others with known devotion to her include
•Saint Anthony Mary Claret
•Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
•Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini
•Saint John Nepomucene Neumann
•Saint Madeline Sophie Barat
•Saint Peter Chanel
•Saint Peter Julian Eymard
•Blessed Anna Maria Taigi

•Venerable Pauline Jaricot


Patronage


•against barrenness •against bodily ills •against infertility •against mental illness •against sickness •against sterility •babies •children •Children of Mary •desperate causes •forgotten causes •impossible causes •infants •lost causes •Living Rosary •newborns •orphans •poor people •priests •prisoner •sick people •students •test takers •toddlers •young people •youth



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