Devotion and Novena to the Holy Angels

Make the sign of the Cross....

To the Holy Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael.

 Most Holy Trinity, I give thanks for having created Thy angels in such a sublime manner and ingiving such strength to their leader.  May Thou be adored and loved in the beauty and splendor of Thy ambassador; praise unto Thee in their glorious songs of honor and thanksgiving forever and ever. Amen.

Most Holy Princes of Heaven, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, we honor you for the love that the Most High lavishes on you and for His placing you in the seats nearest His own.  Remember my needs. Chief of the Angels. remember those who place themselves under your patronage so that they may triumph over Satan forever.

Grant that the kingdom of light and of grace, of justice and of love of God may increase in all its splendor and beauty in every soul and become known to all.  Amen

Oh St. Michael intercede with the Holy Ghost in my behalf, He who is king og Glory and Dispenser of all graces. Amen

Prayer to the Holy Angels
Second Prayer

Oh God, who in dividing Thy Kingdom Thou most wonderfully ordained the respective duties of angels and of men, mercifully grant that the Holy Angels Who are ministering in thy presence in Heaven may also be defenders of our lives here on earth, through Christ our Lord Amen.

Holy Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominations, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels, and Angels; we join you all in praising and loving God, the True and Everlasting God in Three Divine Persons. Amen

Holy Angels, lend your assistance to the Church in combating the powers of darkness and sin and fiathlessness, so that when She has spread over the whole earth the Kingdom of God may guide men to life everlasting.

Holy Gurardian Angels, guide and defend us.

111. ANGELICAL CROWN IN HONOUR OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL.

(From the Raccolta Book of Indulgences)

It is a pious tradition, that the Archangel Michael revealed to a holy person that he would he well pleased by his bringing into use the following prayers in his honour and in honour of all the angelic host; and that he would repay those who practised this devotion with signal favours, particularly in such times as the Catholic Church should experience some special trial.  In this belief, a holy Carmelite nun, of the convent of Vetralla, in the diocese of Viterbo, who died with the reputation of sanctity in the year 1751, made it her delight to practise this method of prayer, commonly called the "Angelic Chaplet;" and it was at the instigation of the nuns of her convent that his Holiness Pins IX., by a decree of the S. Congr. of Rites, dated August 8, 1851, granted the following Indulgences -
i. An indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines every time the Chaplet is said.
ii. An indulgence of 100 days daily to any one who carries this Chaplet about him, or kisses the medal with the representation of the holy angels appended to the said Chaplet.
iii. A plenary indulgence once a month to every one who says daily this Chaplet, on any one day when, after Confession and Communion, he shall pray for the exaltation of our holy Mother the Church and the safety of the Sovereign Pontiff.
iv. A plenary indulgence, with the conditions above named, on -
1. The Feast of the Apparition of St. Michael. May 18.
2. The Dedication of St. Michael. September 29.
3. St. Gabriel the Archangel. March 18.
4. St. Raphael the Archangel. October 24.
5. Holy Angel Guardians. October 2.
To gain these Indulgences, a Chaplet must be used consisting of nine Pater noster’s, and three Ave Maria's after each Pater noster, with four Pater noster’s at the end; the following corresponding salutations being said at the same time in their proper order, with the antiphon and prayer at the end us given below. These Chaplets must be blessed by the actual father confessor of the convent of Vetralla, or some other priest who has obtained faculties for this purpose.
METHOD OF PRACTISING THIS DEVOTION.
Let every one, according to his ability, begin with an act of sincere contrition, kneeling before a representation of the holy Archangel; then let him say with devotion the following salutations:
V. Deus in adjutorium meum intende.
R. Dontine ad adjuvandum me festina.

Gloria Patri, &c.
FIRST SALUTATION.

One Pater noster and three Ave Maria’s, to the First Angelic Choir.

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

SECOND SALUTATION.

One Pater noster and three Ave Maria’s, to the Second Angelic Choir.

At the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of the Cherubim, may God grant us grace to abandon the ways of sin, and run the race of Christian perfection. Amen.
THIRD SALUTATION.
One Pater noster and three Ave Maria’s, to the Third Angelic Choir.

At the intercession of St. Michael and the sacred choir of the Thrones, may it please God to infuse into our hearts a true and earnest spirit of humility. Amen.

FOURTH SALUTATION.
One Pater noster and three Ave Maria’s, to the Fourth Angelic Choir.
At the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of the Dominations, may it please God to grant us grace to have dominion over our senses, and to correct our depraved passions. Amen.
FIFTH SALUTATION.
One Pater noster and three Ave Maria’s, to the Fifth Angelic Choir.
At the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of the Powers, may God vouchsafe to keep our souls from the wiles and temptations of the devil. Amen.

SIXTH SALUTATION.
One Pater noster and three Ave Maria’s, to the Sixth Angelic Choir.
At the intercession of St. Michael and the choir of the admirable celestial Virtues, may our Lord keep us from falling into temptation, and deliver us from evil. Amen.

SEVENTH SALUTATION.
One Pater noster and three Ave Maria’s, to the Seventh Angelic Choir.

At the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of the Principalities, may it please God to fill our souls with the spirit of true and hearty obedience. Amen.

EIGHTH SALUTATION.
One Pater noster and three Ave Maria’s, to the Eighth Angelic Choir.
At the intercession of St. Michael and the heavenly choir of Archangels, may it please God to grant its the gift of perseverance in the faith and in all good works, that we may thereby be enabled to attain unto the glory of Paradise. Amen.
NINTH SALUTATION.
One Pater noster and three Ave Maria’s, to the Ninth Angelic Choir.
At the intercession of St. Michael and the Heavenly choir of Angels, may God vouchsafe to grant us the safe-conduct of the holy Angels through life, and after death a happy entrance into the everlasting glory of heaven. Amen.
Then say four Pater noster's in conclusion; the first to St. Michael, the second to St. Gabriel, the third to St. Raphael, the  fourth to your Angel Guardian.
This exercise then ends with the following Antiphon.
ANTIPHON.
Michael, glorious Prince, chief and champion of the heavenly host, guardian of the souls of men, conqueror of the rebel angels, minister in the house of God, our worthy captain under Jesus Christ, endowed with superhuman excellence and virtue; vouchsafe to free us all from every evil, who with full confidence have recourse to thee; and by thy powerful protection enable us to make progress every day in the faithful service of our God.
V. Pray for us, most blessed Michael, prince of the Church of Jesus Christ.
R. That we may be made worthy of His promises.
PRAYER.

Almighty and eternal God, who in thine own marvellous goodness and pity didst, for the common salvation of man, choose the glorious Archangel Michael to be the prince of Thy Church; make us worthy, we pray Thee, to be delivered by his beneficent protection from all our enemies, that at the hour of our death no one of them may approach to harm us, and that by the same Archangel Michael we may be introduced into the presence of Thy high and heavenly Majesty. Through the merits of the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

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