Prayer Against Satan and
the Rebellious Angels
for Priests or Laity
Prayer to St. Michael
the Archangel
In
the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost. Amen.
Most glorious Prince of the Heavenly
Armies, Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in “our
battle against principalities and powers, against the
rulers of this world of darkness, against the spirits
of wickedness in the high places” (Eph., 6,12).
Come to the assistance of men whom God has created to
His likeness and whom He has redeemed at a great price
from the tyranny of the devil. Holy Church venerates thee
as her guardian and protector; to thee, the Lord has entrusted
the souls of the redeemed to be led into heaven. Pray
therefore the God of Peace to crush Satan beneath our
feet, that he may no longer retain men 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;
take hold of “the dragon, the old serpent, which
is the devil and Satan”, bind him and cast him into
the bottomless pit ... “that he may no longer seduce
the nations” (Apoc. 20, 2-3).
Exorcism
In the Name of Jesus Christ, our God
and Lord, strengthened by the intercession of the Immaculate
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Blessed Michael the Archangel,
of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul and all the Saints.
(and powerful in the holy authority of our ministry)*,
we confidently undertake to repulse the attacks and deceits
of the devil.
*
Lay people omit the parenthesis above.
Psalm 67
God arises; His enemies are scattered and those who hate
Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, so are they
driven; as wax melts before the fire, so the wicked perish
at the presence of God.
V. Behold the Cross of the Lord, flee bands of
enemies.
R. The Lion of the tribe of Juda, the offspring
of David, hath conquered.
V. May Thy mercy, Lord, descend upon us.
R. As great as our hope in Thee.
(The
crosses below indicate a blessing to be given if a priest
recites the Exorcism; if a lay person recites it, they
indicate the Sign of the Cross to be made silently by
that person.)
We drive you from us, whoever you may
be, unclean spirits, all satanic powers, all infernal invaders,
all wicked legions, assemblies and sects. In the Name and
by the power of Our Lord Jesus Christ, +
may you be snatched away and driven from the Church of God
and from the souls made to the image and likeness of God
and redeemed by the Precious Blood of the Divine Lamb. +
Most cunning serpent, you shall no more dare to deceive
the human race, persecute the Church, torment God's elect
and sift them as wheat. + The Most High God commands you, + He with whom, in your great insolence, you still
claim to be equal. “God who wants all men to be
saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth”
(I Tim. 2,4). God the Father commands you. + God the Son commands you. + God the Holy Ghost commands you. + Christ, God's Word made flesh, commands you; + He who to save our race outdone through your envy,
“humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death”
(Phil.2,8); He who has built His Church on the firm rock
and declared that the gates of hell shall not prevail
against Her, because He will dwell with Her “all
days even to the end of the world” (Matt. 28,20).
The sacred Sign of the Cross commands you, +
as does also the power of the mysteries of the Christian
Faith. + The glorious Mother
of God, the Virgin Mary, commands you; + she who by her humility and from the first moment
of her Immaculate Conception crushed your proud head.
The faith of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of
the other Apostles commands you. +
The blood of the Martyrs and the pious intercession of
all the Saints command you. +
Thus, cursed dragon, and you, diabolical legions, we
adjure you by the living God, +
by the true God, + by the holy God, + by
the God “who so loved the world that He gave up
His only Son, that every soul believing in Him might not
perish but have life everlasting” (St.John 3, 16);
stop deceiving human creatures and pouring out to them
the poison of eternal damnation; stop harming the Church
and hindering her liberty. Begone, Satan, inventor and
master of all deceit, enemy of man's salvation. Give place
to Christ in Whom you have found none of your works; give
place to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church
acquired by Christ at the price of His Blood. Stoop beneath
the all-powerful Hand of God; tremble and flee when we
invoke the Holy and terrible Name of Jesus, this Name
which causes hell to tremble, this Name to which the Virtues,
Powers and Dominations of heaven are humbly submissive,
this Name which the Cherubim and Seraphim praise unceasingly
repeating: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord, the God of Hosts.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto Thee.
V. May the Lord be with thee.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
God of heaven, God of earth, God
of Angels, God of Archangels, God of Patriarchs, God of
Prophets, God of Apostles, God of Martyrs, God of Confessors,
God of Virgins, God who has power to give life after death
and rest after work: because there is no other God than
Thee and there can be no other, for Thou art the Creator
of all things, visible and invisible, of Whose reign there
shall be no end, we humbly prostrate ourselves before
Thy glorious Majesty and we beseech Thee to deliver us
by Thy power from all the tyranny of the infernal spirits,
from their snares, their lies and their furious wickedness.
Deign, O Lord, to grant us Thy powerful protection and
to keep us safe and sound. We beseech Thee through Jesus
Christ Our Lord. Amen.
V. From the snares of the devil,
R. Deliver us, O Lord.
V. That Thy Church may serve Thee in peace
and liberty:
R. We beseech Thee to hear us.
V. That Thou may crush down all enemies
of Thy Church:
R. We beseech Thee to hear us.
(Holy water is sprinkled
in the place where we may be.)
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