The Daily Philip: Sunday August 10

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 Sunday
Prayer to obtain the virtue ofHumility.

St, Philip, my glorious Patron,who on earth didst so love humility as to count the praise and even the good
esteem of men as dross; obtain for me also this virtue by thy prayers. Thou
knowest how haughty I am in my thoughts, how contemptuous in my words, how
ambitious in my doings. Ask for me humility of heart; that my mind may be freed
from all pride, and impressed with the same low esteem of self which thou hadst
of thyself, counting thyself the worst of all men, and for that reason
rejoicing when thou didst suffer contempt, and seeking out for thyself
occasions of enduring it. Great Saint, obtain for me a true humble heart
and the knowledge of my own nothingness; that I may rejoice when I am despised,
and resent not when others are preferred before me; that I may never be vain
when I am praised, but may ever seek only to be great in the eyes of God,
desiring to receive from Him alone all my exaltation. Pater, Ave, Gloria.

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.