St Michael and All Angels

St Michael and All Angels

Collect
Everlasting God,
you have ordained and constituted the ministries
of angels and mortals in a wonderful order:
grant that as your holy angels always serve you in heaven,
so, at your command,
they may help and defend us on earth;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen

St Michael slays Satan. Coventry Cathedral

At every Eucharist we join with the angels and archangels,
and with all the company of heaven,
to proclaim God’s great and glorious name,
and to praise God for ever:

Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.

In different traditions there are several named archangels, the most well-known being:
Michael, prince of the angels, who contends by our side,
Gabriel, your herald, who brings glad tidings,
And Raphael, the protector, who ministers your healing.