A Sequence for St Michael

Michael, Archangel,

Of the King of Kings,

Give ear to our voices.

We acknowledge thee to be the Prince

Of the citizens of heaven:

And at thy prayer God sends

His angels unto men,

That the enemy with cunning craft shall not prevail

To do the hurt he craves

To weary men.

Yea, thou hast the dominion of perpetual Paradise,

And ever do the holy angels honour thee.

Thou wast seen in the Temple of God,

A censer of gold in thy hands,

And the smoke of it fragrant with spices

Rose up till it came before God.

Thou with strong hand didst smite the cruel dragon,

And many souls didst rescue from his jaws.

Then was there a great silence in heaven,

And a thousand thousand saying ‘Glory to the Lord King’.

Hear us, Michael,

Greatest angel,

Come down a little

From thy high seat,

To bring us the strength of God,

And the lightning of His mercy.

And do thou, Gabriel,

Lay low our foes,

And thou, Raphael,

Heal our sick,

Purge our disease, ease our pain,

And give us to share

In the joys of the blessed.