7/11/2020

Matthew 6:25-34

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 one whose heart swells with abundant love for God and all creation.
Hear us, we pray, especially in this need (make your request here).
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

https://www.catholicsun.org/2015/05/19/gods-happiest-saint-st-philip-neri/
Once the heart closes itself off to the joy and splendor of the Lord, it becomes radically disoriented with regard to its own identity. This disorientation all too easily slips into belligerent opposition to the things of God and animus against His faithful followers. This is why the person who delights in the Lord at all times, like St. Philip Neri, stands in contradiction to those who refuse to see in themselves the image and likeness of God and who despise those who do so.

https://epicpew.com/3-reasons-philip-neri-should-be-your-patron-saint/

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