Saturday, October 3, 2015

Michael on Monday

The Catholic Church officially recognizes 3 archangels and venerates them on September 29 (formerly on St. Michael was venerated on this day.)
This old Irish poem/prayer speaks of 7 archangels using names that were mentioned in various books of the Bible.

Irish Hermit’s Prayer: 
We know the names of the seven archangels which were familiar to the old Irish Orthodox.  
This is an 8th century Irish prayer.

Michael on Monday
Raphael on Tuesday
Uriel on Wednesday
Sariel on Thursday
Rumiel on Friday
Panchel on Saturday
Gabriel on Sunday

Of Michael on Monday I speak, my mind is set on him.
Not with anyone do I compare him, but with Jesus, Mary's Son.
May the Trinity protect me! May the Trinity defend me!
May the Trinity save me from every hurt, from every danger.

If it be Tuesday, Raphael I mention, until the end comes, for my help,
One of the seven whom I beseech, as long as I am on the field of the world.
May the Trinity protect me!  etc.

May Uriel be with me on Wednesdays, the abbot with high nobility,
Against wound and against danger, against the sea of rough wind.
May the Trinity protect me!  etc.

Of Sariel I speak on Thursday, against the swift waves of the sea,
Against every evil that comes to us, against every disease that seizes us.
May the Trinity protect me!  etc.

On the day of the second fast, Rumiel - a clear blessing - I have loved,
I say only the truth, good the friend I have taken.
May the Trinity protect me!  etc.

May Panchel be with me on Saturdays, as long as
I am in this bright-coloured world.
May sweet Mary, with her friend, deliver me from strangers.
May the Trinity protect me!  etc.

May Gabriel be with me on Sundays, and the power of the King of Heaven.
May Gabriel be with me always that evil may not come to me, nor injury.
May the Trinity protect me! May the Trinity defend me!
May the Trinity save me from every hurt, from every danger.


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