Christ, the fair glo­ry of the ho­ly an­gels,
Thou who hast made us, Thou who o’er us rul­est,
Grant of Thy mer­cy un­to us Thy ser­vants
Steps up to Hea­ven.

Send Thy arch­an­gel, Mi­chael, to our suc­cor;
Peacemaker bless­èd, may he ban­ish from us
Striving and hat­red, so that for the peace­ful
All things may pros­per.

Send Thy arch­an­gel, Ga­briel, the migh­ty;
Herald of Hea­ven, may he from us mor­tals
Spurn the old ser­pent, watch­ing o’er the tem­ples
Where Thou art wor­shipped.

Send thy arch­an­gel, Raphael, the re­stor­er
Of the mis­guid­ed ways of men who wan­der,
Who at Thy bid­ding strength­ens soul and bo­dy
With Thine an­oint­ing.

Father al­migh­ty, Son and Ho­ly Spi­rit,
God ever bless­èd, be Thou our pre­serv­er;
Thine is the glo­ry which the an­gels wor­ship,
Veiling their fac­es.