Policeman's Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

Victorious St. Michael,
you know how evil people
are awake and plotting
while good people sleep.
Even so was faithless Judas awake
and betraying Our Lord
while the Apostles slumbered
in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Help me,
powerful Archangel of God,
to be always alert at my post,
ever ready to do my duty,
and to apprehend criminals
without fear or favor.
Please be near me and my fellow police
in times of peril and emergency.
Defend us by your power
when we are in danger.
Be sure to shield us from all temptation
and any occasion of sin.
Help us to preserve our integrity
and retain God's love
in every trial.

Just as you were able,
by God's power,
to cast Satan into hell,
may we always be able
to control, subdue, and confine
malfactors and evildoers
in God's Name. Amen.


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