Prayer to St. Gabriel the Archangel

St. Gabriel the Archangel,
I venerate you as the "Angel of the Incarnation,"
because God has specially appointed you
to bear the messages concerning the God-Man
to Daniel, Zechariah, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Through your intercession, may Mary be a tender and devoted Mother to me,
as she was to Jesus.

I venerate you also as the "strength from God,"
because you are the giver of God's strength,
consoler and comforter chosen to strengthen God's faithful,
and revealer of saving truths.

I ask for the grace of a special power of the will
to strive for holiness of life.

Steady my resolutions,
renew my courage,
comfort and console me
in the problems, trials, and sufferings of daily living,
as you consoled our Savior in His agony
and Mary in her sorrows
and Joseph in his trials.

Great servant of God, I put my confidence in you.

St. Gabriel, please pray for me and for all of my needs and desires.

Through your earnest love for the Son of God-Made-Man and for His blessed Mother,
I beg of you,
intercede for me that my requests may be granted,
if it be God's holy Will.

Pray for us, St. Gabriel the Archangel,
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.

Almighty and ever-living God,
since You chose the Archangel Gabriel from among all the Angels
to announce the mystery of Your Son's Incarnation,
mercifully grant that we who honor him on earth
may feel the benefit of his patronage in heaven.

You live and reign for ever. Amen.

From Catholic Journey to Emmaus, edited to my taste.