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Prayers - Through the Saints

To Saint Michael, Against Spiritual Enemies

Monday, 03 May 2010 18:53 Last Updated on Monday, 02 July 2012 19:41 Written by Catholic News Agency

Glorious St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly hosts, who standest always ready to give assistance to the people of God; who didst fight with the dragon, the old serpent, and didst cast him out of heaven, and now valiantly defendest the Church of God that the gates of hell may never prevail against her, I earnestly entreat thee to assist me also, in the painful and dangerous conflict which I have to sustain against the same formidable foe. Be with me, O mighty Prince! that I may courageously fight and wholly vanquish that proud spirit, whom thou hast by the Divine Power, so gloriously overthrown, and whom our powerful King, Jesus Christ, has, in our nature, so completely overcome; to the end that having triumphed over the enemy of my salvation, I may with thee and the holy angels, praise the clemency of God who, having refused mercy to the rebellious angels after their fall, has granted repentance and forgiveness to fallen man. Amen. (Courtesy of Catholic News Agency)

St. Michael Consecration Prayer

Saturday, 08 August 2009 12:22 Last Updated on Monday, 09 July 2012 19:45 Written by Catholic Traditional Prayer

St. Michael the Archangel
invincible Prince of the Angelic hosts
and glorious protector of the universal Church
I greet thee and praise thee
for that splendor with which God has adorned thee so richly.
I thank God for the great graces He hast bestowed upon thee,
especially to remain faithful when Lucifer and his followers rebelled
and to battle victoriously for the honor of God
and the Divinity of the Son of Man.
St. Michael,
I consecrate to thee my soul and body.
I choose thee as my patron and protector
and entrust the salvation of my soul to thy care.
Be the guardian of my obligation
as a child of God and of the Catholic Church
as again I renounce Satan,
his works and pomps.
Assist me by thy powerful intercession
in the fulfillment of these sacred promises
so that imitating thy courage and loyalty to God
and trusting in thy kind help and protection
I may be victorious over the enemies of my soul
and be united with God in Heaven forever. Amen.

-- Catholic Traditional Prayer

Death, Terror, Life and New Beginnings

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 05:48 Last Updated on Monday, 09 July 2012 19:30 Written by St. Josemarie Escriva, The Way, 738

For others, death is a stumbling block, a source of terror.
For us, death- Life- is an encouragement and a stimulus.
For them it is the end; for us, the beginning.

-- St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way #738

St Therese and her Mission

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 05:48 Last Updated on Monday, 09 July 2012 19:53 Written by St. Therese of Lisieux, Angel of the Trenches

My mission - to make God loved - will begin after my death. St. Therese of Lisieux, Angel of the Trenches

Just in Case

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 05:47 Last Updated on Monday, 09 July 2012 19:31 Written by St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way (#360)

How frankly you laughed when I advised you to put your youthful years under the protection of St. Raphael, 'so that he'll lead you, as he did young Tobias, to a holy marriage, with a girl who is good and pretty- and rich,' I added jokingly.
And then how thoughtful you became, when I went on to advise you to put yourself also under the patronage of that youthful apostle John, in case God were to ask more of you. -- St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way #360

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