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Christ, graciously hear us. | ||
God the Father of heaven, Have mercy on us. | ||
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. | ||
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us. | ||
Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us. | ||
St. Michael, prince of the heavenly host, | Dan. x. | |
Who didst fight a great battle in heaven with the dragon, | Apoc. xii. | |
Who didst cast forth out of heaven the dragon with his rebellious angels, | Ibid. | |
Who, disputing with the devil, didst contend about the body of Moses, | Ep. Jude; Deut. xxxiv. | |
St. Gabriel, who didst explain to Daniel the heavenly vision, | Dan. ix. | |
Who didst go down into the furnace with Azarias and his companions, and drive out the flame of fire, | Dan. iii. | |
Who didst foretell to Zacharias the birth and ministry of John, | Luke i. | |
Who wast sent by God to Mary at Nazareth, to announce the Incarnation of the Word of God, | Ibid. | |
St. Raphael, one of the seven spirits that stand before the Lord, | Tob. xii. | |
Who, as a faithful fellow-traveller, didst conduct safely the younger Tobias, | Tob. v. | |
Who didst deliver Sara from the devil, | Tob. viii. | |
Who didst restore his sight to the elder Tobias, | Tob. xi. | |
Holy Seraph, who, with a coal of fire, didst purify the lips of Isaias, | Isa. vi. | Pray for us. |
Holy Cherub, who wast set to keep the way of the tree of life, | Gen. iii. | |
Holy Angels, who stand upon the high and elevated throne of God, | Isa. vi. | |
Who sing continually to God, Holy, holy, holy, | Ibid. | |
Who were hospitably received by Abraham in the guise of strangers, | Gen. xviii. | |
Who struck the Sodomites with blindness, | Gen. xix. | |
Who brought out Lot and his family from the midst of the ungodly, | Ibid. | |
Who, having proved his obedience, didst recall Abraham from the sacrifice of his only son, | Gen. xxii. |