Morning Prayer

The "Permission"

"Lord, we give You permission today to use us in any way You desire, and give us the grace to see Your hand in action so we can give You all the glory."


Opening Prayer (Before the Salutations):
"O God, come to my assistance. 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 ever shall be, world without end. Amen."

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The Nine Salutations
• First Salutation(In honor of the Seraphim)
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.

(Pray 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys)

• Second Salutation(In honor of the Cherubim)
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.

(Pray 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys)

• Third Salutation(In honor of the Thrones)
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.

Pray 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys)

• Fourth Salutation(In honor of the Dominions)
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.

(Pray 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys)

• Fifth Salutation(In honor of the Powers)
By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Powers, may the Lord vouchsafe to protect our souls  from the snares and temptations of the devil. Amen.

(Pray 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys)

• Sixth Salutation(In honor of the Virtues)
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.

(Pray 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys)

• Seventh Salutation(In honor of the Principalities)
By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Principalities, may the Lord fill our souls with a true spirit of obedience. Amen.

(Pray 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys)

• Eighth Salutation(In honor of the 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, standard to the attainment of the glory of Heaven. Amen.

(Pray 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys)

• Ninth Salutation(In honor of the 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 mortal life and conducted in the life to come to Heaven's eternal glory. Amen.

(Pray 1 Our Father, 3 Hail Marys)

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Concluding Prayers

After the nine salutations, pray one Our Father on each of the next four beads in honor of the following:
1. St. Michael
2. St. Gabriel
3. St. Raphal
4. Your Guardian Angel

• The Closing Prayer:

"O glorious prince St. Michael, chief and leader 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 by his powerful protection 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."

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