Tuesday, May 3, 2011

From TLW Archives

NOTE
I have one of those killer headaches and really can't manage to write a coherent thought.  Here is a repost of something published last year.   I just discovered (because I live on another planet sometimes) that EWTN has this devotion every morning at 7:30am preceding morning Mass.

Today, I will post the Chaplet to the Archangel Michael. In a later post, I will provide the history of this Chaplet that St. Michael himself gave to a visionary centuries ago. You do not need to have the chaplet beads but it does make it easier. I confess to having a bit of a mental block in being able to memorize the prayers, which would make praying it anywhere more convenient. As of now, I have a small booklet from Tan Books on the Archangel Michael that contains the chaplet and I use that to pray from without the beads. In these perilous and sinful times, we should look to the Archangels and especially St. Michael for their protection and help.

Begin by making the sign of the Cross and reciting the following:

O God, Come to my assistance

O Lord, Make haste to help me

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, etc

Pray each of the following salutations, followed by one Our Father and three Hail Mary's

First Saluation:

At the intercession of St. Micheal and the Heavenly Choir of the Seraphim, may it please God to grant us the grace to receive into our hearts the fire of his perfect charity. Amen (1 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary's)

Second Salutation:

At the intercession of St. Michael and the Heavenly Choir of the Cherubim, may God grant us the grace to abandon the ways of sin and follow the path of Christian perfection. Amen (1 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary's)

Third Salutation:

At the intercession of St. Michael and the Heavenly Choir of the Thrones, may it please God to infuse into our hearts a true and earnest spirit of humility. Amen (as above)

Fourth Salutation:

At the intercession of St. Michael and the Heavenly Choir of the Dominations, may God grant us the grace to control our senses and to correct our disordered passions. Amen

Fifth Salutation:

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:

At the intercession of St. Michael and the choir of Admirable Celestial Virtues, may Our Lord keep us from falling and deliver us from evil. Amen

Seventh Salutation:

At the intercession of St. Michael and the Heavenly Choir of the Principalities, may it please God to fill our hearts with the spirit of true and hearty obedience. Amen

Eighth Salutation:

At the intercession of St. Michael and the Heavenly Choir of the Archangels, may it please God to grant us the gift of perserverance in the faith and in all good works that we may thereby be enabled to attain unto the glory of Paradise. Amen

Ninth Salutation:

At the intercession of St. Michael and the Heavenly Choir of Holy Angels, may God vouchsafe to grant that they may protect us during life and after death, may lead us into the everlasting glory of Heaven. Amen.

Next, say one Our Father each for Sts. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael and your guardian angel. Then say the prayers that follow:

St. Michael, glorious prince, chief and champion of the Heavenly Host, guardian of the souls of men, conquerer of the rebel angels, steward of the Palace of God, under Jesus Christ, our worthy leader endowed with superhuman excellence and virtue: Free us from every ill who with full confidence have recourse to thee and enable us to make progress every day in the faithful service of our God. Amen

Pray for us, Most Blessed St. Michael, Prince of the Church of Jesus Christ, that we may be made worthy of His promises.

Eternal God, Who in Thine Own marvelous goodness and pity, didst for the common salvation of men choose the Glorious Archangel Michael to be Prince of Your Church, make us worthy, we pray Thee, to be delivered by his beneficient protection from all our enemies, that at the hour of our death, none of them may approach to harm us. Rather, grant that by the same Archangel Michael, we may be introduced into the presence of Thy Most High and Divine Majesty, through the merits of the same Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen


Those who recite this chaplet daily are promised St. Michael's protection as well as that an angel from each of the Nine Choirs will accompany the faithful person to the Holy Table every time they receive Holy Communion.

3 comments:

  1. Praying for relief and healing for your headaches...

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  2. Hope you feel better soon.
    Thank you for re-posting this chaplet. I used to say it regularly, but let it go because, sigh, I found it rather time-consuming. (As our friend Terry would say, "I know!")
    Lately I've been running into it everywhere on the net and in brochures left in the chapel.
    I think I'm getting the hint, finally.:)

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  3. Caroline, thank you, you don't know how much I appreciate that.

    Julie, thanks, I'm much better today. You know I FINALLY have the chaplet memorized, so I don't have to carry the booklet around with me. In reality, it takes less than 15 minutes to pray. So, pray it whenever you can, even if it's in segments. That's funny about the booklets - I often leave them behind in places for people to find. Wouldn't that be something if you had one?
    Joyce :)

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