The Daily Philip: Friday July 18

The Daily Philip is a devotion of prayer to the Patron Saint of Joy, St.Philip Neri, led by Fr. Malone, parochial vicar of Christ the Redeemer Parish
in Swift Current.

This devotion has four parts: (1) a dailyprayer for a particular virtue, based on the day of the week, to which Pope Pius IX has attached an indulgence (dated May 17, 1852,); (2) a reading from The Life of St. Philip Neri,Apostle of Rome; (3) a quote from The Maxims and Counsels of St.Philip Neri; and (4) the daily prayer for a good death.

For Friday
Prayer to obtain detachment from temporal goods.

Great Saint, who didst prefer a poor and austerelife to the comforts of thy home, despising the honour and glory of thy station; obtain for me grace ever to keep my heart detached from transitory
goods of this life. St. Philip, whose desire it ever was to become so
poor as one day to have to beg thy bread, and find no charitable hand to offer
thee a crumb wherewith to support life; ask of God for me such love of poverty
that I may turn all my thoughts to goods which never fail. St. Philip, who
didst prefer to live unknown, to promotion to the highest honours of the
Church; intercede for me, that I may never seek after dignities, but always
content myself with that state where God has set me. My heart is too anxious
for the empty fleeting things of earth; but thou - ah, what a maxim didst thou
leave us by thy two words: "And then-" ! O wonder-working
words! may they ever be deeply impressed upon my soul; that, despising the
nothingness of earth, God alone may reign sole object of my affections and my
thoughts. Our Father…, Hail Mary…, Glory Be…

Prayer to be said daily, for a good death.

O glorious Saint Philip, faithful helper of thydying children, be thou my father and protector in the hour of my death. Let
not the devil overcome me; let not temptation oppress me, nor fear overwhelm me
in that hour; but grant through thy intercession that, fortified by faith,
hope, and charity, I may bear all things with patience and perseverance, and
may happily die the death of the just. Amen.