Devotion to the Angels: prayer to the Archangel Gabriel for a grace

You may wish to pray to Archangel Gabriel for several intentions. Here are the suggested prayers that you can use and modify according to your needs.

Prayer to the Archangel Gabriel
Archangel Gabriel, the angel of revelation, I thank God for making you a powerful messenger to deliver divine messages. Please help me hear what God has to say to me, so I can follow his direction and accomplish his purposes in my life.

purification
Prepare me to tune in to what God has to say to me through his Spirit by purifying my soul, so my mind will be clear and my spirit will be attentive to the messages of God. As an angel of the water, Gabriel, please help me wash the sin away from life through confession and repentance on a regular basis so that sin does not interfere with my relationship with God, and I can clearly discern what God is communicating to me. Help me get rid of unhealthy attitudes (like shame or greed) and unhealthy habits (like addiction) that are hindering my ability to clearly hear God's messages for me.

Purify my motives for wanting to communicate with God. May my main goal be to know God better and draw closer to him, rather than trying to convince God to do what I want him to do for me. Help me to focus on the Donor rather than the gifts, trusting that when I am in a loving relationship with God, he will naturally do what is best for me.

Wisdom and clarity
Eliminate the confusion and give me the wisdom I need to make good decisions, as well as the confidence that I need to act on those decisions. There are so many good choices to make about what to do every day, but I have limited time and energy, so I need you, Gabriel, to guide me towards what's best: activities that will help me pursue God's unique purposes for my life.

Clarify God's will in every aspect of my life (from my career to relationships with my children), so I'm not confused about the next steps I should take to respond well to God's messages and achieve God's purposes for my life.

Guide to solutions
Guide me to solutions to the problems I face. Please send new ideas to my mind, either through dreams when I'm asleep or through miraculous inspiration while I'm awake. Help me understand every problem from God's perspective after I pray to it and show me the next steps I should take to resolve it.

Effective communications
Teach me how to communicate effectively with other people when I have something important to say to them and to listen well when other people have something important to say to me. Show me how to successfully build relationships of mutual understanding and respect with people, where we can learn from each other's stories and perspectives and work together well, despite the differences between us.

Whenever the communication process has stopped in one of my relationships due to a problem like misunderstanding or betrayal, please send me the power I need to overcome the problem and start communicating well with that person again.

Thank you, Gabriel, for all the good news of God you bring into people's lives, including mine. Amen.