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LITANY TO THE HOLY ARCHANGELS,
ST. MICHAEL, ST. GABRIEL & ST. RAPHAEL.

Lord, have mercy on us!
Christ, have mercy on us!

Lord, have mercy on us! Christ, hear us!
Christ, graciously hear us!

God, the Father of Heaven, Creator of every spirit,
have mercy on us!

God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, on whom the angels desire to gaze,
have mercy on us!

God, the Holy Spirit, felicity of the blessed spirits,
have mercy on us!

Holy Trinity, one God, glory of the holy angels,
have mercy on us!

Holy Mary, Queen of the heavenly spirits,
pray for us!

St Michael, prince of the celestial host,
pray for us!

Chief of the angels of peace,
pray for us!

Most strong in combat,
pray for us!

Conqueror of the ancient serpent,
pray for us!

Defender at all times of the people of God,
pray for us!

Who did expel Lucifer and his confederates from Heaven,
pray for us!

Who receives souls at their departure, and conducts them to Paradise,
pray for us!

Solace of the faithful,
pray for us!

Protector of those who are devout to you,
pray for us!

St Gabriel, who revealed to Daniel divine secrets,
pray for us!

Who declared the birth and ministry of St John the Baptist,
pray for us!

Who announced the Incarnation of the Word,
pray for us!

Guardian of the Holy Virgin,
pray for us!

Attendant of the infancy of the Saviour,
pray for us!

Who consoled Christ in his last agony,
pray for us!

Faithful minister of Christ,
pray for us!

St Raphael, angel of health,
pray for us!

St Raphael, one of the seven spirits who stand before the Throne,
pray for us!

Faithful conductor of Tobias,
pray for us!

Who did compel the devil to flee,
pray for us!

Offerer of our prayer before the Lord,
pray for us!

Curer of blindness,
pray for us!

Helper in tribulation,
pray for us!

Consoler in necessities,
pray for us!

Making joyful your devoted clients,
pray for us!

Holy Michael, Gabriel and Raphael,
pray for us!

Christ Jesus, beatitude of the angels,
spare us!

Christ Jesus, glory of the heavenly spirits,
hear us!

Christ Jesus, splendor of the celestial armies,
have mercy on us!

TO ST. MICHAEL:

O God, who did render blessed Michael, your archangel,
victorious over the proud Lucifer and the wicked spirits,
we beseech you that combating under the Cross,
and ever adopting his maxim ‘Who is like God?’
we may be victorious over all our enemies,
and delivered from all impediments;
regulate our lives according to your will and commandments.
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

TO ST. GABRIEL:

O God, the lover of the salvation of mankind,
who did commission blessed Gabriel,
assisting before Your throne,
to announce to the ever glorious Virgin,
the mystery of Your blessed Son’s becoming man,
we beseech You,
that recurring to his intercession,
we may be helped in all our wants,
spiritual and temporal.
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

TO ST. RAPHAEL:

O God, who in your ineffable goodness
has rendered blessed Raphael the conductor of your faithful in their journeys,
we humbly implore You that we may be conducted by him in the way of salvation,
and experience His help in the maladies of our souls.
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

ACT OF CONSECRATION

Oh most Noble Prince of the Angelic Hierarchies
valorous warrior of Almighty God,
and zealous lover of His glory,
terror of the rebellious angels,
and love and delight of all the just ones,
my beloved Archangel Saint Michael,
desiring to be numbered among your devoted servants,
I,(say your name)________________ today offer and consecrate myself to you,
and place myself, my family,
and all I possess under your most powerful protection.

I entreat you not to look at how little, I,
as your servant have to offer,
being only a wretched sinner,
but to gaze, rather,
with favorable eye at the heartfelt affection
with which this offering is made,
and remember that if from this day onward
I am under your patronage,
you must during all my life assist me,
and procure for me the pardon of my many grievous offenses, and sins,
the grace to love with all my heart my God,
my dear Saviour Jesus and my Sweet Mother Mary,
and obtain for me all the help necessary to arrive to my crown of glory.

Defend me always from my spiritual enemies,
particularly in the last moments of my life.

Come then oh Glorious Prince and succour me in my last struggle,
and with your powerful weapon
cast far from me into the infernal abysses that prevaricator and proud angel
that one day you prostrated in the celestial battle.

Saint Michael, defend us in our daily battle
so that we may not perish in the last Judgement.