It's All About Jesus: The Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel

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The Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel

In my search to learn more about St. Michael and the other
angels I ran across the story behind the chaplet.By praying
the chaplet we show a wonderful way to honor this
great Archangel along with the other nine Choirs of Angels.
In my understanding of "Choirs of Angels", God has created
several orders of Angels. Sacred Scripture shows us nine such
celestial bodies; Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions,
Powers, Virtues,Principalities, Archangels and Angels…
(Isa. 6:2, Gen. 3:24, Col.1:6, Eph. 1:21, Rom. 8:38).
There may be more groupings but these are the only ones
that have been revealed to us. The Seraphim is believed to be
the highest Choir, the most intimately united to God, while
the Angelic Choir is the lowest.

St. Michael’s Chaplet dates back to a devout Servant of God,
Antonia d'Astonac, who had a vision of St. Michael. He told
Antonia to honor him by nine salutations to the nine Choirs
of Angels. St. Michael promised that whoever would practice
this devotion in his honor would have, when approaching
Holy Communion, an escort of nine angels chosen from each
of the nine Choirs. In addition, for those who would recite the
Chaplet daily, he promised his continual assistance and that
of all the holy angels during life.

The Chaplet of St. Michael

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

Say one Our Father and three Hail Mary’s’ after each of the following

nine salutations in honor of the nine Choirs 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.

* By the intercession of St. 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. Amen.

* 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.

* By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of

Dominions may the Lord give us grace to govern our senses and

overcome any unruly passions. Amen.

* By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of

Powers may the Lord protect our souls against the snares and

temptations of the devil. Amen.

* By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of

Virtues may the Lord preserve us from evil and falling into

temptation. Amen.

* By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of

Principalities may God fill our souls with a true spirit of

obedience. Amen.

* 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 may attain the glory of Heaven. Amen.

* 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 in the life to come to Heaven. Amen.

Say one Our Father in honor of each of the following leading Angels:

St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael and our Guardian Angel.

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.



You can see on the side column a St. Michael the Archangel Chaplet,
 beautifully crafted. Just click on the photo and you will be taken
to the page where you can place your order.   
Blessings,
Elizabeth

http://www.trustiam.com

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Father God, you created the four elements of the world… fire, air, water, and earth. The Holy Spirit keeps them so closely connected and bound together that none can be separated from the others. The building blocks of the cosmos… just as they hold the world together so do they form the structure of our bodies. From fire we have the warmth of our bodies; from air we have our breath; from water we have our blood and from earth we have the muscles n’ bones… our bodies. We give thanks to the fire for our sight, air for our hearing, water for movement and earth for our ability to walk. I ask Dear Lord, that they fulfill their purpose correctly and orderly… that the plumb line of these elements bring balance and healing to my body. I ask in the Holy Name of Jesus… Amen! 3x - Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit… Amen

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God of justice, there are places in this world overflowing with food, but others where there is not enough and where the hungry and the sick are many. God of peace, there are those in this world who profit from violence and war and others who because of war and violence are forced to leave their homes and become refugees. God of compassion, Help us to understand that we cannot live by money alone but that we can live by the word of God. Help us to understand that we cannot attain life and true prosperity except by loving God and obeying his will and his teaching. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Prayer for Life

"Father, today we pray that the eyes and hearts of our nation would be opened to see that the injustice of abortion affects all of us. It is a human rights issue.

"Under God's law each one of us is valued. Every human being is endowed by God with the right to life. He has designed each one of us and prepared a plan for our life. Help us as individuals, and as a nation to return to being a nation that brings honor to you by honoring the life that you created.

"We ask these things in the name of your precious Son, who died that we might have abundant life. Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen."

Please, pray for Israel...

What I want to share with you right now, as I feel an urgency within my spirit, is our role and privilege to stand with Israel at this time! If we truly profess to follow the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob/Israel whether we are Jews or grafted in and we believed in Messiah Yeshua then we have the responsibility to stand with them at this hour! Especially if we are grafted in though we may not be living in the land at this time what concerns Israel concerns us as fellow citizens and fellow heirs! We need to be interceding that more natural born seed would return home as is their right and privilege. We need to be interceding that more natural born seed would come to faith in Messiah Yeshua! We need to pray for the IDF(Israeli defense force) and the present government, that they would receive wisdom from Adonai. We need to pray for protection for the soldiers and civilians! We need to be tuned in to the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) to guide us in our prayers using the words of the Scriptures such a Psalm 91 and Psalm 83. We who are grafted in especially have a responsibility because Romans 1:16 says, "the good news is for the Jew first and then the Gentile"! We need to remember if it were not for the Jewish people we would not have the Scriptures! They have guarded them from the beginning of time we need to be grateful and stand with them during their time of need and their right to exist as a nation! We also need to pray for the enemy of Israel that they would be free from the kingdom of darkness... into the Kingdom of Light!

In His Love, Theresa
www.cometozion.org

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