May 26, 2025, Memorial Day in the U.S., Feast of St. Philip Neri, Holy Rosary (Joyful Mysteries)

Friends of the Rosary,

Today, Memorial Day in the U.S., is the Feast Day of St. Philip Neri (1515-1595), a gracious, cheerful priest who was Rome's apostle of the sixteenth century, one of the Eternal City's patron saints.

He was a great educator of youth, spent whole nights in prayer, had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and burned with an unbounded love for mankind.

As a confessor, he was in great demand; among his penitents were St. Ignatius of Loyola and Charles Borromeo.

St. Philip founded the Congregation of the Oratory, a society of secular clergy without religious vows.

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!

+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

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