CATHOLIC PRAYERS

The history of this Chaplet goes back to a devout Servant of God, Antonia d’Astonac, a Portuguese Carmelite nun who had a vision of St. Michael. He told Antonia to honor him by nine salutations to the nine Choirs of Angels. St. Michael promised that whoever would practice this devotion in his honor would have, when approaching Holy Communion, an escort of nine angels chosen from each of the nine Choirs. In addition, for those who would recite the Chaplet daily, he promised his continual assistance and that of all the holy angels during life.

Ant. Most glorious Prince Michael the archangel, be ever mindful of us; here and everywhere, pray always for us to the Son of God.

V. Before the Angels will I sing praise unto Thee, O my God!
R. I will worship toward Thy holy temple, and praise Thy name.

Let us pray:

O God, who in wondrous order dost ordain and constitute the services of men and Angels; Mercifully grant that our life may be defended on earth by them that stand near Thee, evermore Ministering to Thee in heaven, Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

V. Incline unto my aid, O God
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

 FIRST SALUTATION
Our Father, once, Hail Mary, three times, to the first angelic choir.

By the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of Seraphim, may it please God to make us worthy to receive unto our hearts the fire of His perfect charity. Amen.

 SECOND SALUTATION
Our Father, once, Hail Mary, three times, to the second angelic choir.

By the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of Cherubim, may God, in His good pleasure, grant us grace to abandon the ways of sin, and follow the path of Christian perfection. Amen.

THIRD SALUTATION
Our Father, once, Hail Mary, three times, to the third angelic choir.

By the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of Thrones, may it please God to infuse into our hearts the spirit of true and sincere humility. Amen.

FOURTH SALUTATION
Our Father, once, Hail Mary, three times, to the fourth angelic choir.

By the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of Dominations, may it please God to grant us grace to have dominion over our senses, and to correct our depraved passions. Amen.

FIFTH SALUTATION
Our Father, once, Hail Mary, three times, to the fifth angelic choir.

By the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of Powers, may God vouchsafe to keep our souls from the wiles and temptations of the devil. Amen.

SIXTH SALUTATION
Our Father, once, Hail Mary, three times, to the sixth angelic choir.

By the intercession of St. Michael and the choir of the admirable Virtues, may it please God to keep us from falling into temptation, and may He deliver us from evil. Amen.

 SEVENTH SALUTATION
Our Father, once, Hail Mary, three times, to the seventh angelic choir.

By the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of the Principalities, may God fill our souls with the spirit of true and sincere obedience. Amen.

 EIGHTH SALUTATION
Our Father, once, Hail Mary, three times, to the eighth angelic choir.

By the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of Archangels, may it please God to grant us the gift of perseverance in the faith and in all good works, that we may thereby be enabled to attain the glory of paradise. Amen.

 NINTH SALUTATION
Our Father, once, Hail Mary, three times, to the ninth angelic choir.

By the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of Angels, may God vouchsafe to grant us their guardianship through this mortal life, and after death a happy entrance into the everlasting glory of heaven. Amen.

Say one Our Father in honor of each of the following leading Angels: St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael and our Guardian Angel.

Concluding Prayers:

O glorious prince St. Michael, chief and commander of the Heavenly Host, guardian of souls, vanquisher of rebel spirits, servant in the house of the Divine King and our admirable conductor, thou who shine with excellence and superhuman virtue deliver us from all evil, who turn to thee with confidence and enable us by thy gracious protection to serve God more and more faithfully every day.

V. Pray for us, O glorious St. Michael, Prince of the Church of Jesus Christ.

R. 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 Thy Church, make us worthy, we ask Thee, 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 Thy Presence. This we ask through the merits of Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

 His Holiness, Pope Pius IX, by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, Aug. 8, 1851, granted to all the faithful, every time that, with at least contrite heart and devotion, they shall say this chaplet: An indulgence of 7 years and 7 quarantines.

Nihil obstat
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Malachy P. Poley
Censor Librorum
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Samuael Cardinal Stritch
Archbishop of Chicago Chicago, December 3, 1947