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For those who recite his Chaplet, St Michael the Archangel promises the protection of his army of angels during the life of the person who prays. The Chaplet of St Michael the Archangel helps to purify the heart of the temporal punishment of venial sin and it also assists the faithful defeat the temptations from demons that may have entered their lives.

This Chaplet is not prayed on traditional Rosary beads. In the place of the five decades are nine salutations (one for each choir of angels) followed by a trio of Hail Marys every time.

Opening Prayers & Invocation of the Medal

O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be.

9 Salutations in honor of the 9 Choirs of Angels

On the “Our Father beads,” Pray a salutation followed by the Lord’s Prayer. Pray a Hail Mary on each of the 3 “Hail Mary” beads.

S1. 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.

1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys

S2. 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 to run in the paths of Christian perfection.   Amen.

1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys

S3. 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.

1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys

S4. 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.

1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys

S5. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Powers, may the Lord vouchsafe to protect our souls against the snares and temptations of the devil. Amen.

1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys

S6. 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.

1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys

S7. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Principalities, may God fill our souls with a true spirit of obedience.   Amen.

1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys

S8. 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.

1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys

S9. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Angels, may the Lord grant us to be protected by them in this mortal life and conducted hereafter to eternal glory.  Amen.

1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys

Last Four Beads

Pray 1 “Our Father” In honor of each:

St. Michael. Our Father...

St. Gabriel. Our Father...

St. Raphael. Our Father...

Our Guardian Angel. Our Father...

Concluding prayers:

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, 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 St. 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 St. 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.