The “Prayer to St. Gabriel the Archangel“ venerates St. Gabriel as the “Angel of the Incarnation” for his role in announcing Christ’s birth to Mary and as “strength from God” for his mission to console and strengthen the faithful. It recognizes him as a powerful consoler who strengthened Christ in His agony, comforted Mary in her sorrows, and supported Joseph in his trials, and asks St. Gabriel for his intercession for spiritual strength and holiness of life. The devotion includes space for personal petitions and emphasizes submission to God’s holy will.
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Prayer to St. Gabriel the Archangel
St. Gabriel the Archangel, I venerate you as the “Angel of the Incarnation,” because God has specially appointed you to bear the messages concerning the God-Man to Daniel, Zechariah, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Give me a very tender and devoted love for the Incarnate Word and his Blessed Mother more like your own.
I venerate you also as the “strength from God,” because you are the giver of God’s strength; consoler and comforter – chosen to strengthen God’s faithful and to teach them important truths. I ask for the grace of a special power of the will to strive for holiness of life.
Steady my resolutions. Renew my courage. Comfort and console me in the problems, trials, and sufferings of daily living, as you consoled our Savior in His agony, and Mary in her sorrows, and Joseph in his trials. I put my confidence in you.
St. Gabriel, I ask you especially for this favor:
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Through your earnest love for the Son of God-Made-Man and for His blessed Mother, I beg of you, intercede for me that my request may be granted, if it be God’s holy Will.
V:/ Pray for us, St. Gabriel the Archangel,
R:/ that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.