The “Prayer to the Holy Angel Who Comforted Jesus in His Agony” is an ancient devotion rooted in the account found in the Gospel of Saint Luke (22:43), where an angel from heaven appears to strengthen Jesus during His agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. In this prayer, we salute that holy angel — chosen by the Most Holy Trinity from among all the heavenly hosts for the most sacred of missions — and ask for his intercession on our behalf. We implore him to obtain for us true sorrow for our sins, strength in our present afflictions, and grace in all the trials that lie ahead, most especially at the hour of our own final agony.
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Prayer to the Holy Angel Who Comforted Jesus in His Agony
I salute thee, Holy Angel who didst comfort my Jesus in His agony, and with thee I praise the Most Holy Trinity for having chosen thee from among all the holy angels to comfort and strengthen Him, Who is the comfort and strength of all that are in affliction.
By the honor thou didst enjoy, and by the obedience, humility, and love wherewith thou didst assist the sacred Humanity of Jesus, my Savior, when He was fainting for very sorrow at seeing the sins of the world, and especially my sins, I beseech thee to obtain for me perfect sorrow for my sins. Deign to strengthen me in the afflictions that now overwhelm me, and in all the other trials to which I shall be exposed henceforth, and, in particular, when I find myself in my final agony.
Amen.