Chaplet to St. Michael the Archangel
This chaplet was given to a devout servant of God, Antonia d'
Astonac, in an apparition of St. Michael. To all who should
recite the nine salutations every day, before receiving Holy
Communion, he promised that an angel of each of the nine choirs
would be assigned to accompany them to the Holy Table. He also
promised continual assistance during life, and after death, and
the deliverance of souls of they and their relatives from the
pains of Purgatory.
How to Pray the Chaplet
V. O God come to my assistance
R. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.
Amen.
First Salutation | Second Salutation | Third
Salutation | Fourth Salutation
Fifth Salutation | Sixth
Salutation | Seventh Salutation
| Eighth Salutation
Ninth Salutation | Closing | Invocation
| Final Prayer
- First Salutation
- One Our Father and three Hail Marys in honor of the first Choir of Angels.
- By the intercession of St. Michael and the Celestial
choir of Seraphim, may the Lord make us worthy to burn
with the fire of perfect charity. Amen.
- Second Salutation
- One Our Father and three Hail Marys in honor of the second Choir of Angels.
- By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial
Choir of Cherubim, may the Lord vouchsafe to grant us
grace to leave the ways of wickedness and run in the
paths of Christian perfection. Amen.
- Third Salutation
- One Our Father and three Hail Marys in honor of the third Choir of Angels.
- By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial
Choir of Thrones, may the Lord infuse into our hearts a
true and sincere spirit of humility. Amen.
- Fourth Salutation
- One Our Father and three Hail Marys in honor of
the fourth Choir of Angels.
- By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial
Choir of Dominions, may the Lord give us grace to govern
our senses and subdue our unruly passions. Amen.
- Fifth Salutation
- One Our Father and three Hail Marys in honor of
the fifth Choir of Angels.
- By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial
Choir of Powers, may the Lord vouchsafe to protect our
souls against the snares and temptation of the devil.
Amen.
- Sixth Salutation
- One Our Father and three Hail Marys in honor of
the sixth Choir of Angels.
- By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial
Choir of Virtues, may the Lord preserve us from evil, and
suffer us not to fall into temptation. Amen.
- Seventh Salutation
- One Our Father and three Hail Marys in honor of
the seventh Choir of Angels.
- By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial
Choir of Principalities, may God fill our souls with a
true spirit of obedience. Amen.
- Eighth Salutation
- One Our Father and three Hail Marys in honor of
the eighth Choir of Archangels.
- By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial
Choir of Archangels, may the Lord give us perseverance in
faith and in all good works, in order that we gain the
glory of Paradise. Amen.
- Ninth Salutation
- One Our Father and three Hail Marys in honor of
the ninth Choir of Angels.
- By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial
Choir of Angels, may the Lord grant us to be protected by
them in this moral life and conducted hereafter to
eternal glory. Amen.
- Closing
- Say four Our Fathers. The first in honor of St. Michael. The second in honor of St. Gabriel. The Third in honor of St. Raphael. The fourth in honor of
Your Guardian Angel.
- Invocation
- O glorious Prince St. 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, thou who dost shine with excellence
and superhuman virtue vouchsafe to 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.
- Final Prayer
- Almighty and Everlasting God, Who by a prodigy of
goodness and merciful desire for the salvation of all
men, hast appointed the most glorious Archangel St.
Michael, Prince of Thy Church, make us worthy, we beseech
Thee, to be delivered from all our enemies, that none of
them may harm us at the hour of death, but that we may be
conducted by him into the august presence of Thy Divine
Majesty. This we beg through the merits of Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.