Have you ever prayed the Chaplet of Saint Michael the Archangel? It is a powerful prayer against evil.
Pope Pius IX approved the prayer in 1851 after Saint Michael the Archangel appeared to Portuguese Carmelite nun Antonia d'Astonac.
The prayer invokes Saint Michael and the nine choirs of angels.
Saint Michael promised to grant an “escort of nine angels chosen from each of the nine Choirs when receiving Holy Communion” to the person who prays this chaplet.
He also promised that the person who recites the chaplet daily receives “continual assistance and that of all the holy angels during life, and after death, deliverance from purgatory for themselves and their relations.”
Here’s how to pray the Chaplet of Saint Michael:
O God, come to my assistance.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, etc.
1. By the intercession of Saint Michael and the celestial Choir of Seraphim, may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the fire of perfect charity.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… (three times)
2. By the intercession of Saint Michael and the celestial Choir of Cherubim, may the Lord grant us the grace to leave the ways of sin and run in the paths of Christian perfection.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… (three times)
3. By the intercession of Saint Michael and the celestial Choir of Thrones, may the Lord infuse into our hearts a true and sincere spirit of humility.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… (three times)
4. By the intercession of Saint Michael and the celestial Choir of Dominations, may the Lord give us grace to govern our senses and overcome any unruly passions.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… (three times)
5. By the intercession of Saint Michael and the celestial Choir of Virtues, may the Lord preserve us from evil and falling into temptation.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… (three times)
6. By the intercession of Saint Michael and the celestial Choir of Powers, may the Lord protect our souls against the snares and temptations of the devil.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… (three times)
7. By the intercession of Saint Michael and the celestial Choir of Principalities, may God fill our souls with a true spirit of obedience.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… (three times)
8. By the intercession of Saint Michael and the celestial Choir of Archangels, may the Lord give us perseverance in faith and in all good works in order that we may attain the glory of Heaven.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… (three times)
9. By the intercession of Saint Michael and the celestial Choir of Angels, may the Lord grant us to be protected by them in this mortal life and conducted in the life to come to Heaven.
Our Father…
Hail Mary… (three times)
Say four Our Fathers honoring Saints Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and your Guardian Angel (one Our Father for each angel.)
Concluding prayers:
O glorious prince Saint Michael, chief and commander of the heavenly hosts,
guardian of souls,
vanquisher of rebel spirits,
servant in the house of the Divine King
and our admirable conductor,
you who shine with excellence and superhuman virtue
deliver us from all evil,
who turn to you with confidence
and enable us by your gracious protection
to serve God more and more faithfully every day.
Pray for us, O glorious Saint 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 Saint 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.