10/08/2026
Nineth Day - August 10, 2026 | Monday
Solemn Novena in honor to Saint Philomena, Virgin and Martyr, Wonder Worker
NOVENA PRAYER TO SAINT PHILOMENA
(Composed by Saint John Mary Vianney)
O Glorious Virgin and Martyr, beloved of God, Saint Philomena! I rejoice with thee in the power which God gave thee for the glory of His Name, for the edification of His Church, and to reward the merits of thy life and death. I rejoice to see thee so great, so pure, so generous, so faithful to Jesus Christ and to His Gospel, and so splendidly rewarded in Heaven and on earth. Attracted by thy example to the practice of solid virtue, full of hope at the sight of thy recompense granted to thy merits, I resolve to follow thee in avoiding all evil and in fully obeying what God commands. Help me, O great Saint, by thy powerful intercession. Obtain for me particularly, a purity inviolable forever, a strength of soul always invincible in every kind of assault, a generosity which denies no sacrifice to God, and a love as strong as death for the Faith of Jesus Christ, for the Holy Roman Church, and for our Holy Father, the Father of all the faithful, the Shepherd of shepherds and of their flocks, the Vicar of Jesus Christ over all the world. With all the fervor of my soul, I implore these graces from thee, and, in addition, I ask these other benefits from thee with equal confidence in obtaining them through thy powerful intercession.
(Here tell Saint Philomena what you need with simplicity, confidence and humility.)
Surely that God so good for Whom thou didst give thy blood and thy life, that God so good Who is so generous to thee and through thy mediation, so generous with gifts and favors to us, that God so good Who has loved me even unto dying for me, even unto giving me Himself under the Eucharistic appearances, surely, He will never be deaf to thy prayers, nor to my appeals, unless it be that He Himself is in some different way seeking to do me good. Full of confidence, I place all my trust in Him and in thee. Amen
NINTH DAY
1. Consider that Saint Philomena, having sacrificed everything in this miserable world for Jesus Christ, received back from Himself in this world more than the hundredfold of what He had given! What renown! What power! What glory! What greatness humbled at her feet! What throngs of pilgrims to her different shrines! What festivities in her honor! What tributes of reverence have been paid to her! What an ardent longing to get possession of her relics! Thus, precisely does God fulfill His promises. Ah! If only we maintained our promises to Him with the same fidelity! But when we deprive Him of His glory, do we not perhaps deprive ourselves of great merit and favor both in this world and in the next? Courage, therefore! Be faithful in order that God may be faithful with you.
2. Today, do some little work of mercy in honor of the Saint. Prepare yourself by a good confession to receive Our Lord Jesus Christ in a fitting manner in Holy Communion.
3. Assist at Holy Mass in her honor and visit one of her statues or pictures, if you can do so conveniently.
Let us pray:
O God, Who in Thy great might, didst raise up martyrs even from among the weaker s*x, grant, we beseech Thee, that we who celebrate the feast of Thy blessed Virgin and Martyr, Philomena, may be led by her example and brought by her to Thee; through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth, one God, in perfect Trinity, for ever and ever. Amen!
Litany To Saint Philomena:
Lord have mercy on us, Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us, Christ graciously hear us
Lord have mercy on us, Lord have mercy on us
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Queen of Virgins, pray for us.
*Response: pray for us!
Saint Philomena
Saint Philomena, filled with the most abundant graces from your very birth
Saint Philomena, faithful imitator of Mary
Saint Philomena, model of Virginity
Saint Philomena, temple of the most perfect humility
Saint Philomena, inflamed with zeal for the Glory of God
Saint Philomena, victim of the love of Jesus
Saint Philomena, example of strength and perseverance
Saint Philomena, invincible champion of chastity
Saint Philomena, mirror of the most heroic virtues
Saint Philomena, firm and intrepid in the face of torments
Saint Philomena, scourged like your Divine Spouse
Saint Philomena, pierced by a shower of arrows
Saint Philomena, consoled in chains, by the Mother of God
Saint Philomena, miraculously healed in prison
Saint Philomena, comforted by angels in your torments
Saint Philomena, who preferred torments and death to the splendours of a throne
Saint Philomena, who converted the witnesses of your martyrdom
Saint Philomena, who wore out the fury of your executioners
Saint Philomena, protectress of the innocent
Saint Philomena, patroness of youth
Saint Philomena, refuge of the unfortunate
Saint Philomena, health of the sick and the weak
Saint Philomena, new light of the church militant
Saint Philomena, who confounds the impiety of the world
Saint Philomena, who stimulates the faith and courage of the faithful
Saint Philomena, whose name is glorious in Heaven and feared in Hell
Saint Philomena, made illustrious by the most striking miracles
Saint Philomena, all powerful with God
Saint Philomena, who reigns in glory
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
V. Pray for us, Saint Philomena,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ
Let us pray:
We implore Thee, O Lord, by the intercession of Saint Philomena, Virgin and Martyr, who was ever most pleasing to Thy eyes for her eminent purity and the practice of every virtue, pardon us our sins and grant us all the graces we need (Name any special grace you may require). Through Christ our Lord. Amen!
Saint Philomena, Pray for us! Amen.
๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ: ๐ฆ๐. ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐. ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐
