Different St. Michael Prayer

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I was just reading about a marine in Korea who had been taught a prayer to St. Michael which began “Michael, Michael of the morning fresh crop of heaven adorning…”. I’ve never heard this prayer. Has anyone else? Can anyone provide the complete prayer? Thank you! :gopray:
 
Andruschak said:
You only had to ask…😃

catholictradition.org/Angels/michael-morning.htm
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Thank you for that, Andruschak! It’s a beautiful poem, unfortunately, I think it’s too long for a prayer, especially one to teach a youngster. Also the main quote isn’t there. I’ve searched all over the web and cannot find any poem or prayer that contains the line: “Michael, Michael of the morning fresh corps (not crop, as I had erroneously posted previously) of Heaven adorning”
If anyone finds anything else, please let me know. This is going to drive me nutty 🤓
 
rosarykat said:
Thank you for that, Andruschak! It’s a beautiful poem, unfortunately, I think it’s too long for a prayer, especially one to teach a youngster. Also the main quote isn’t there. I’ve searched all over the web and cannot find any poem or prayer that contains the line: “Michael, Michael of the morning fresh corps (not crop, as I had erroneously posted previously) of Heaven adorning”
If anyone finds anything else, please let me know. This is going to drive me nutty 🤓
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Perhaps the Marine altered the poem/prayer to suit his needs and to make it more personal?
 
“Michael of the morning fresh corps of Heaven”… We’re looking for this, too, with the right words according to the one who received the benefits from St. Michael - not Chesterton. (Perhaps Chesterton rephrased it.) Has someone found it yet? Does Tan have it in one of its prayer books?

Mary

www.roman-catholic-catechism.com
 
I found this prayer that could be it:
Michael, Michael of the morning
Fresh chord of dawn adorning,
Keep me safe today,
And in time of temptation
Drive the devil away. Amen…
 
Thank you so much! This is very sweet, yet I wonder what your source is. Can you tell us more?

Mary (I’m on a different computer and logged in with my old password.)

www.Roman-Catholic-Catechism.
 
The story about the soldier was sent to me and I wanted to know the whole prayer (my sons are soldiers and have St Micheal medals) So I googled the prayer line and just kept searching till I found the prayer. I had seen this thread while I was looking, so when I found the prayer, I posted it…
 
Thanks so much. We have a son named Michael and a daughter named Angela Michelle. St. Michael’s and the Guardian Angels’ devotions are dear to our family.

St. Michael, pray for us!
All you Holy Guardian Angels, pray for us!

Here is a long version of the Guardian Angel prayer that a first grade teacher taught some of our children (8):

Ange of God Prayer

Angel of God, my Guardian dear,
To whom God’s love commits me here,
Ever this day be at my side,
To light, to guard, to rule and guide.

From stain of sin, O keep me free,
And at my death my helper be,
Together in Eternity we’ll praise the Blessed Trinity.

Mary

www.Roman-Catholic-Catechism.com
 
Mary, Thank you for the extended Angel prayer! I have another one too that goes: “Dear Guardian Angels, I (we) love you, I honor you, I thank God for your Heavenly presence, please…(here insert current petition).” I had my children give personal name to their Angels, and encouraged them to speak to their Angel and ask for help in doing God’s Will. You can also ask for help in simple things, like when we get separated shopping in stores… I was looking for my daughter all over the huge Walmart, my grandkids were with me so I told them we had to tell our angels to tell her angel to bring us together, we said the prayer and then we found her… I find this a very effective prayer.
 
Thank you Joanna and RMH! It is so good to have this resource.

We have shopping/traveling/napping stories that would fill half an hour’s worth of typing. St. Michael the Archangel and our Guardian Angels have shut off neighbors’ booming music (rattling our windows on the far side), a motorcycle’s music after the man who went into the convenience store purposely re-turned it back on, and guarded our nights peacefully so many times that I wish I had time to tell the stories! Thanks for the St. Michael transcript, it is beautiful. Thanks for the shopping story, these things edify and encourage.

Mary
www.roman-catholic-catechism.com
 
I was thinking about that story of the Marine’s encounter with St. Michael, and I kept wondering to myself why would St. Michael choose to stab the enemy with a sword? It just seems so un-angel like from a human perspective for an angel to kill a human, ie intervene in our physical world?

It’s almost scary to think that the power of God is such that an angel at any moment could come down and end human life right there and then.

I’m beginning to understand why we have such limited understanding of God, he does that to protect us. Sometimes I feel like my understanding of God is like my 5yo understanding of the world compared to mine.

We literally are children through the eyes of God.
 
RMH said:
I found this prayer that could be it:
Michael, Michael of the morning
Fresh chord of dawn adorning,
Keep me safe today,
And in time of temptation
Drive the devil away. Amen…
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Thank you for having fixed the question about this prayer and sorry when I pick up this thread again as my first action here. (It was the reason to register!)
But for me the translation into german is essential .
If someone here is really sure in both, english and german, please help me.

Because where I don´t get really clear with “chord of dawn adorning”.
dawn is the Morgenroete
adorn means schmuecken / verzieren

What is the relation of these words?
  1. Is the chord adorned by the dawn?
  2. Is Michael adorned by the chord of dawn?
  3. Is …???
Here are my attempts:
  1. word by word:
    Michael, Michael des Morgens
    Frischer Klang der zierenden Morgenroete
    bewahre mich heute in Sicherheit.
    Und in der Zeit der Versuchung
    stosse den Teufel hinfort.
    Amen.
  2. More poetic
    Michael, Michael der neuen Zeit
    frischer Morgenklang. Sei doch bereit
    mich zu halten in Sicherheit.
    Und wenn der Teufel mich versucht
    stoss Du ihn fort, dass er verrucht.
    Amen.
 
ordensritter said:
What is the relation of these words?
  1. Is the chord adorned by the dawn?
  2. Is Michael adorned by the chord of dawn?
  3. Is …???
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Assuming those are the real words, Michael is described metaphorically as the musical chord that adorns/ornaments the dawn.
 
aspirant said:
Michael is described metaphorically as the musical chord that adorns/ornaments the dawn.
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Thanks a lot.
But I´m sorry, because that doesn´t make sense to me.
Isn´t the chord, a “fresh chord of (the) dawn”
So if something is adorned by the more beautiful archangel - what is this something, when not the fresh chord of dawn?
So it should loud:
Michael, Michael des Morgens
du Zierde des reinen Klangs der Morgenroete

But if you are right, english is a very strange language. Because of the doubled …of…of
Nevertheless (since I assume you understand this strange english better than me) here is the next version, using the explanation you gave for first two lines and improved for the last three:

Michael, Michael des Morgens reiner Klang,
der Morgenroete Zierde,
bewahre mich heut in Sicherheit.
Und wenn Versuchung bringt die Zeit
Verjag den Satan machtvoll weit.
Amen.

Hey, I like it 🙂 👍
Ist hier denn niemand, der gleichermassen deutsch wie englisch kann?

Feel free to tranlate this prayer also into spanish, french, italien…
I guess, the archangel likes this salutation.
Thank you once more, because I need this translation not only for academic interest…

Greetings from the land of bards 😃
 
ordensritter said:
Isn´t the chord, a “fresh chord of (the) dawn”
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Yes. Assuming these are the real words of the prayer, it’s saying Michael is the fresh chord adorning the dawn, that Michael is the harmonic sound who adds to the beauty of the dawn.

Unfortunately, my German’s no longer good enough to read your translations, but I hope this helps a little. 🙂
 
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