Powerful novena to the Guardian Angel to ask for his intervention and protection
To be recited whole for 9 consecutive days to ask for a Grace or as a form of thanks to our Guardian Angel:
- O God come and save me. - O Lord, make haste to help me.
- Glory to the Father ... - I think ...
First invocation
Angel, my Guardian, faithful executor of the advice of God who from the first moments of my life watches over my soul and my body, I greet you and thank you, together with all the choir of the Angels destined to guardians of men of Divine goodness. Please protect me from every fall, so that my soul may always be preserved in the purity received through holy baptism. 3 times the Angel of God
Second invocation
Angel, my Guardian, affectionate companion and only friend who always and wherever you accompany me, I greet you and thank you, together with the whole choir of the Archangels elected by God to announce great and mysterious things. Please enlighten my mind to make me know the Divine Will, and to move my heart to make me live always in accordance with the Faith that I profess, so as to receive the prize promised to true believers. 3 times the Angel of God
Third invocation
Angelo, my Custos, a wise teacher who never ceases to teach the true science of the Saints, I greet you and thank you, together with the whole choir of principalities, destined to preside over the lesser spirits. I beg you to watch over my thoughts, my words and my works so that, in accordance with your wholesome teachings in everything, never lose sight of the holy fear of God, the unique and infallible principle of true wisdom. 3 times the Angel of God
Fourth invocation
Angelo, my caretaker, loving guide who with mild reproaches and with constant admonitions invites me to redeem myself from guilt, every time I have fallen there, I salute you and thank you, together with the chorus of powers destined to curb the devil. Please awaken my soul from the lethargy of the lukewarmness in which it still lives to resist and triumph over all the enemies. 3 times the Angel of God
Fifth invocation
Angelo, my Guardian, powerful defender who assiduously make me see the pitfalls of the devil in the deceptions of the world and in the enticements of the flesh, facilitate my victory and triumph, I greet you and I thank you, together with all the chorus of virtues, destined by God to work miracles and to push men on the path of holiness. Please help me in all dangers and defend myself in all assaults, so that I can walk safely in the practice of all the virtues, especially humility, purity, obedience and charity, the most dear to you, and most indispensable to salvation. 3 times the Angel of God
Sixth invocation
Angelo, my Guardian, ineffable adviser who in the most vivid ways make me know the will of God, I salute you and thank you, together with all the chorus of the dominations elected by God to communicate his decrees and give us the strength to dominate- re our passions. I beg you to free my mind from all the importunate doubts and from all the dangerous perplexities, so that, free from any fear, you will always follow your advice, which is the advice of peace, justice and holiness. 3 times the Angel of God
Seventh invocation
Angel, my Guardian, zealous advocate who with incessant prayers addressed to Heaven, intercede for my eternal salvation and remove the deserved punishments from my head, I greet you and thank you, together with all the choir of the thrones elected to support the throne of the Most High and to establish men for good. In your charity, I beg you to grant me the priceless gift of final perseverance, so that in death you may happily pass from the miseries of earthly exile to the joy of the Celestial Fatherland. 3 times the Angel of God
Eighth invocation
Angel, my Guardian, benign comforter who with gentle inspirations comforts me in all the troubles of present life and in all fears of the future, I greet you and thank you, together with all the chorus of cherubs who, full of the science of God, are elected to illuminate our ignorance. Please assist me, with particular concern, and console me both in the present difficulties and in future torments; so that kidnapped by your sweetness, reflection of that divinity, it will divert your heart from the fallacious earthly enticements to rest in the hope of future happiness. 3 times the Angel of God
Ninth invocation
Angelo, my Guardian, tireless collaborator of my eternal salvation who bestows upon me innumerable benefits at all times, I greet you and thank you, together with the whole chorus of the Seraphim, who lit with divine charity, are elected to inflame our hearts. Please accept in my soul a spark of that same angelic love, so that, destroyed in me all that is according to the flesh, can, without hindrance, contemplate heavenly things. After having faithfully paid your loving concern on this earth, may he praise you, thank you and love you in the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen 3 times the Angel of God
- Pray for us, Holy Angel of God - Because we are made worthy of the promises of Christ Let us pray: O eternal Lord God, who commanded and constituted the service of Angels and men in wonderful order, make sure that, like the Holy Angels they always serve you in Heaven, so in your Name they can help and defend us on earth. For Christ our Lord, Amen.