Opening
God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.
Hymn
Hold my attention, Lord, When the day pulls me thin. One thing is needful in this hour: To love the one I am with. Keep my feet from stumbling; Keep my heart from growing hard. In the middle of the labor Be my rest and my reward.
Original – Prayer on Fire
Psalm I
Antiphon
In the presence of your angels, teach us reverence and courage.
Psalm 67 (66):2–4
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
May God have mercy on us and bless us. May he shine his countenance upon us, and may he have mercy on us. So may we know your way upon the earth, your salvation among all nations. Let the peoples confess to you, O God. Let all the peoples confess to you.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Antiphon
In the presence of your angels, teach us reverence and courage.
Psalm II
Antiphon
Holy angels of God, keep us in the way of peace.
Psalm 72 (71):1–2, 12–13
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
Psalm
Give your judgment, O God, to the king, and your justice to the king’s son, to judge your people with justice and your poor with judgment. For he will free the poor from the powerful, and the poor one who has no helper. He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Antiphon
Holy angels of God, keep us in the way of peace.
Silence
A moment of silence
Reading of the feast
Revelation 12:7
Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)
And there was a great battle in heaven. Michael and his Angels were battling with the dragon, and the dragon was fighting, and so were his angels.
Responsory
The Lord is wonderful in his saints. Blessed be God in his gifts. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Intercessions
On this feast, keep us faithful in the ordinary hour, and let the joy of your saints remain with us.
R. Speak, Lord, we are listening.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Closing prayer
God our Father, you give the Church this day of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels. Let the grace of this Hour stay with us in work and rest. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.