In the Province of Joy

Prayer to St. Raphael

Every morning for many years, the writer Flannery O’Connor prayed this “Prayer to St. Raphael, Angel of Happy Meetings”:

O Raphael, lead us toward those we are waiting for, those who are waiting for us: Raphael, Angel of happy meeting, lead us by the hand toward those we are looking for. May all our movements be guided by your Light and transfigured with…