Prayer to St. Michael

LATIN TITLE ENGLISH TITLE
Oratio ad Sanctum Michael Prayer to Saint Michael
LATIN TEXT

Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio, contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps Militiae Coelestis, satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo, divina virtute, in infernum detrude. Amen.
ENGLISH TEXT

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle: be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.
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Two-Part Text for Chanting in Groups

LATIN TITLE ENGLISH TITLE
Oratio ad Sanctum Michael Prayer to St. Michael
LATIN TEXT

Versiculus: Sancte Michael Archangele,

Responsum: defende nos in proelio, contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps Militiae Coelestis, satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo, divina virtute, in infernum detrude. Amen.

ENGLISH TEXT

Versicle: Saint Michael the Archangel,

Response: defend us in battle: be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.


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Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., St. Andrew Daily Missal (Bruges: Biblica, 1958), Leonine Prayers at the End of Holy Mass

Leonine Prayers after Low Mass, SanctaMissa.org