Novena to the Holy Deacons, Day 6: Saint Philip the Deacon

O glorious Saint Philip, tireless preacher of the Faith, filled with compassion for those who invoke you, I kneel at your feet and humbly beg you to take my present need under your special protection, that they may serve faithfully in your love to all. Vouchsafe to recommend it to our Lord Jesus. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. Above all, obtain for me the grace to one day meet God face to face, and with you and Mary and all the angels and saints praise Him through all eternity.

O most powerful Saint Philip, deacon and confessor, do not let me lose my soul, but obtain for me the grace of entering heaven, forever and ever.

V Most holy Saint Philip, pray for us
R That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be.

Saint Philip the Deacon

All that is known of Philip is what we are told the Acts of the Apostles. He is one of the seven deacons chosen to assist the Apostles by ministering to the needy members of the Church so the Apostles could be free to preach the Gospel.

He was the first to preach in Samaria, where he converted Simon Magus and then a eunuch who was chief treasurer of the Queen of Ethiopia on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza.

Philip preached in the coastal cities on the way to his home at Caesarea, and twenty-four years later, Saint Paul stayed at his home in Caesarea, where he still lived with his four unmarried daughters.