6 Most Powerful Prayers to Saint Michael the Archangel
First, who is the Archangel Michael?
Saint Michael is God’s most trusted angel, and he wastes no time in carrying out Heaven’s Commands. A fierce warrior, protector, and comforting guardian, Michael is the greatest angel of all. He is Heaven’s most powerful archangel.
God reveals to Daniel the prophet that Michael, “one of the chief princes,” is the guardian of the Israelites (see Daniel 12:1). The very name, Michael, means Who is like God — an angel who acts with great authority. Michael is a champion of goodness and justice who fights evil at every occasion.
When one of God’s angels, Lucifer, now known as Satan, started a war in Heaven, Michael and his angels fought and defeated him and his rebels and threw them out of Heaven. Thus Michael is known as the “warrior angel” and is often painted wearing a full suit of armor.
It is said that Saint Michael appeared in Rome, Italy, during a horrible plague. This is why he is now a patron for the sick and the one who receives their souls into Heaven. Michael is also believed to be a guardian of high places. Two monasteries dedicated to Michael – Saint Michael’s Mount in Great Britain and Mont Saint Michel in France – were both built on outcrops of rock.
Saint Michael: Patron and Protector
St. Michael has been especially honored and invoked as patron and protector by the Church from the time of the Apostles. Although he is always called “the Archangel,” the Greek Fathers and many others place him over all the angels as Prince of the Seraphim. From the time this fearless Archangel defeated the rebel Lucifer in the conflict of the heavenly hosts, he has been known as “Michael,” the captain of the armies of God – a type, or figure, of divine fortitude, the champion of every faithful soul that battles with the powers of evil.
Saint Michael the Archangel appears in Holy Scripture as the guardian of the children of Israel, their comfort and protector in times of sorrow and conflict. It is he who prepares for their return from Persian captivity, who leads the valiant Maccabees to victory, and who rescues the body of Moses from the envious grasp of the Evil One. Since Christ’s coming, the Church has venerated Saint Michael as her special patron and protector. She invokes him by name in her confession of sin, summons him to the side of her children in the agony of death, and chooses him as their escort from the chastening flames of purgatory to the realms of holy light.
Lastly, when the Antichrist sets up his kingdom on earth outright, it will be Michael who will unfurl once more the standard of the Cross, sound the last trumpet and, binding together the false prophet and the beast, hurl them for all-time into eternity to the burning pool of unquenchable fire.
Archangel Michael Feast Day
St. Michael’s Feast Day is September 29th. He is the Patron of Police and Military Personnel.
6 Most Powerful Prayers to Saint Michael the Archangel
Whenever you feel that you are in need of extra protection in life, do not hesitate to pray to Saint Michael and ask for his intercession; he who is always standing by to assist God’s faithful children.
Prayer to Saint Michael – Prayer of the Church
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection 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, cast into hell Satan
and all the evil spirits who wander through the world
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Powerful Prayer to Saint Michael
Most glorious prince of the heavenly armies,
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in our battle against evil.
Come to the assistance of those whom God has created in His image and likeness and whom He has redeemed at a great price.
The Church venerates you as her guardian and protector;
to you the Lord has entrusted the soul of the redeemed to be led into Heaven.
Pray therefore to the God of peace to vanquish evil from the earth,
that it may no longer hold us captive and do injury to the Church.
Offer our prayers to the Most High, that without delay they may draw His mercy down upon us. Amen.
Spiritual Armor Prayer (Ephesians 6:10-18)
Heavenly Father, we ask You today for Your Truth as a belt tight around our waist. We put on the zeal to announce Your Good News of peace as shoes for our feet.
We put on Your righteousness, O Christ, as our breastplate,
and the hope of salvation as a helmet for our head.
Father, we take up faith as a shield, which is able to put out all the fiery darts of the enemy, and the sword of the Spirit, which is Your Word, O Lord.
Father, may the love with which You have loved Jesus be in us,
and may Jesus always be in us. We ask You for the grace of a servant heart.
Amen.
Prayer for Protection against Evil and Danger
Dear Saint Michael the Archangel, protect us, both body and soul from the Evil One, his followers and anyone who would approach us with malicious intent.
Protect us, our bodies, and our cars, as we travel about in our daily activities.
Protect us, our bodies, our home, our property and possessions during times of storm, from all dangers of lightning, high winds, hail, and flood waters. Amen.
Prayer for Powerful Aid
Saint Michael, intercede for me with God in all my necessities, especially …
[mention your request here].
Obtain for me a favorable outcome in the matter I recommend to you.
Mighty prince of the heavenly host, and victor over rebellious spirits,
remember me for I am weak and sinful, and so prone to pride and ambition.
Be for me, I pray, my powerful aid in temptation and difficulty,
and above all do not forsake me in my struggle with the powers of evil. Amen.
Prayer in Spiritual Battle
Glorious Saint Michael, prince of the heavenly hosts, who stands always ready to give assistance to the People of God; [You] who fought with the dragon and cast him out of Heaven, and now valiantly defends the Church of God that the gates of hell may never prevail against her, I earnestly ask you to assist me now.
Be with me, O mighty prince, that I may courageously fight and vanquish the evil one whom you, by the divine power, gloriously overthrew, and whom our powerful King, Jesus Christ has, in our nature, completely overcome; so that having triumphed and achieved salvation, I may with you and the holy angels praise the mercy of God, who has granted repentance and forgiveness to fallen humanity. Amen.
✨️Thank you ✨️