Novena to St. Philomena
Patron of Working People and of Christian Education of Poor People

Faithful Virgin and glorious Martyr, who workest so many miracles on behalf of the poor and the sorrowing, have pity on me.  Thou knowest the multitude and diversity of my needs.  Behold me at they feet, full of misery but full of hope.  I entreat thy charity, O great saint!  Graciously hear me and deign to obtain from God a favorable hearing for the request which I now humbly lay before thee.  (Here specify petition.)   I am firmly convinced that through thy merits, through the scorn, the sufferings, the death thou hast undergone, united to the merits of death and passion of Jesus thy spouse, I shall obtain what I ask of thee:  and in the joy of my heart I will belss God who is admirable in His saints.

Amen