St. Michael the Archangel |
This is a true story. A priest once told me to pray the St. Michael prayer. At the time, I thought he told me to pray it because his name is Michael. I thought, "He really thinks highly of himself." Little did I know at the time that there existed this beautiful and efficacious prayer to the right! I first learned the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel after I was married, when I started spending time with homeschooling families. It has restored me to peace many times when my interior thoughts were wreaking havoc on my brain. My parish, St. John the Evangelist, in Severna Park, MD prays it together at the end of every Mass. Can you make it one of your daily prayers?
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St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray and do thou O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into Hell, Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
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Chaplet to Saint Michael
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our Guardian Angel
Pray for us, O glorious St. Michael, Prince of the Church of Jesus Christ, that we may be made worthy of HIs promises. Almighty and Everlasting god, Who, by a prodigy of goodness and a merciful desire for the salvation of all men, has appointed the most glorious Archangel St. Michael Prince of Your Church, make us worthy, we ask You, to be delivered from all our enemies, that none of them may harass us at the hour of death, but that we may be conducted by him into Your Presence. This we ask through the merits of Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen. |
At the end of a beautiful day, on October 8, 1995, I met Pope Saint John Paul II for the first time at the BWI Departure Ceremony. As I turned away to return to my seat, I saw a very low formation in the sky. I'm really bad at describing things, but it appeared to swirl up and away very quickly. I told a woman about it who seemed to be very wise and intelligent. She thinks I saw an angel.
Sacred Scripture has categorized nine groups of angels that it suggests God has created into choirs. Antonia D'Astonac, a devout Servant of God, had a vision of St. Michael who told her to honor him by the nine salutations to the Choirs of Angels. St. Michael promised that whoever honored him with this devotion would have an escort when approaching Holy Communion, of nine angels from each of the nine choirs. I used to pray this chaplet during Adoration before I lost my beads. Since beads are not necessary with the aid of a smart phone, I think it's time to pray that chaplet again on a regular basis. |