O God, Who gavest blessed Raphael the Archangel unto Thy servant Tobias to be the companion of his wayfaring: grant unto us Thy servants that we may ever be protected by the guardianship of this same Thine Archangel, and defended by his help; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
OFFICE HYMN FOR ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL
Thee, O Christ the Father’s splendour
Life and virtue of the heart,
in the presence of the Angels
sing we now with tuneful art:
meetly in alternate chorus
bearing our responsive part.
Thus we praise with veneration
all the armies of the sky
chiefly him the faithful healer
and companion heavenly,
Raphael, by whose princely virtue
helpless bound the demons lie.
By whose watchful care repelling—
King of everlasting grace!—
Every ghostly adversary
all things evil, all things base;
grant us of Thine only goodness
in Thy paradise a place.
Laud and honor to the Father,
laud and honor to the Son:
laud and honor to the Spirit,
ever Three and ever One:
Consubstantial, Co-eternal,
while unending ages run. Amen.
