The Chaplet of St. Michael
The 'Rosary of the Angels' — nine salutations honouring the nine choirs of angels, from a private revelation reported in the eighteenth century and approved by Pope Pius IX in 1851.
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.
Nine salutations follow, one to each choir of angels — the Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominations, Powers, Virtues, Principalities, Archangels, and Angels — each with an Our Father and three Hail Marys; the chaplet closes with four Our Fathers, in honour of St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, and one's Guardian Angel.
Where it comes from
The dated sources the library holds, oldest first — in their own words.
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The revelation to Antónia d'Astónaco
By pious tradition the chaplet arises from a private revelation reported about 1750 by Antónia d'Astónaco, a Portuguese Carmelite, in which St. Michael asked to be honoured — and God glorified — by nine salutations, one to each of the nine choirs of angels. The Church has not pronounced upon the private revelation itself.
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Approved by Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX approved the chaplet and granted it indulgences by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites dated 8 August 1851.