The saint bracelets snapped. This one won't.
He showers in it. It won't turn his neck green.
A little bigger than a half-dollar.
One year. If it breaks, send us a photo.
Your St Michael prayer goes with him: a round steel medal, PROTECT US struck in two clear words, his and yours, in gold or silver.
What families say most"He says the prayer when he puts it on."
Your St Michael prayer on a chain he can pull hard: a 32 mm medal in 316L steel on a 3 mm box chain, 24 in, in gold or silver.
What families say most"He pulled it hard. Then put it on."
Solid 316L steel all the way through, the 32 mm St Michael medal and its 3 mm box chain, so he never has to take it off. Gold or silver.
What families say most"Every shower since. Still shines."
32 mm, made to be seen on him: the saint and PROTECT US read at a glance. 316L steel, one size for him and for you, gold or silver.
What families say most"Bigger than I expected, in the right way."
A new St Michael ships free, no return: a 32 mm medal in 316L steel on a 3 mm box chain, gold or silver. A lost one isn't covered.
What families say most"Monica answered my email by breakfast."
Every word checked letter by letter against the Church's own text.
The All Saints gifts end Sunday, Nov 8.
Choose each medal's color:
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The Prayer Card 
The Medal Guide 
8 Audio Prayers 
The 9-Day Novena, starting today 
A Personal Prayer, Written and Read Aloud 
The 30-Day Prayer Journal 
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Priority processing, ships within 24 hours Free US shipping · tracked · arrives in 5-10 working days
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"He put the medal on first, then the vest over it. Twelve years married, and that morning was the first time I heard him pray before a shift."— Janet, Lancaster PA · verified buyer
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Every morning you pray for him. At the coffee maker, at the door, at night when the house is quiet and he's somewhere you can't see. You've bought him something to carry that prayer, more than once. The book helps you pray, but it stays by your coffee cup. And the pieces you sent with him never made it past the season.
It was never your prayer that fell short. It was what you sent it on: elastic, plating, a flat disc nobody can read. So we made the piece the prayer deserves.
"Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen." Rome, 1886. Pope Leo XIII ordered this prayer said at the end of every Low Mass, the priest and the people kneeling together. For generations, every parish said it aloud before going home; your grandmother may have known it by heart. Many parishes say it after Mass again today. The medal carries it in four words, around the rim.
Pray it once for him, slowly. Then look at his medal: every figure on it is a line of that prayer, and the rim says it short.
Sources: the prayers Leo XIII ordered after Low Mass in 1886 (Aleteia, 2017; the Catholic Herald); Daniel 10:13 and 12:1, Jude 9, Revelation 12:7-9; the English text as said in US parishes. Every word on his card and his medal is checked against them.
A round St Michael medal in 316L stainless steel, polished, in gold or silver, the legend struck around the rim: one size, 32 mm across (1.25 in), 46 mm tall with the bail, 21 g, on a 3 mm box chain, 24 in (60 cm).
Big enough to read across a table, a little bigger than a half-dollar, and flat enough to sit under a uniform shirt and a vest. On the 24 in chain it sits on a man's chest under his collar, and lower on a woman, below the collarbone, under a sweater or over it.
Not sure what to say? Say this: "Father, would you bless this medal for my son? I'd like a blessing of this St Michael medal if you have a minute." It's printed on his prayer card too.
“Sacramentals… always include a prayer.”Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1668
“Wearing charms is also reprehensible.”Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2117
“You received without pay, give without pay.”Matthew 10:8, quoted by the Catechism, 2121, on why no blessing is ever sold
If your sister says only Jesus saves, she's right, and you can tell her so: "I'm not asking the medal for anything. I'm asking Jesus, and the saint prays with me. Praying for him and praying to a necklace are two different things."
It adds nothing God was missing. It doesn't work on its own, and we'll never tell you it does. It's your prayer made visible, a reminder he carries, and a reason to say it again every time you picture it on him.
The Unbroken Promise: refunded on a photo for 30 days · replaced free for a year if it breaks
| Oremus | A "To My Son" bracelet | A $12 store medal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| His saint's prayer, in full (on the card and in the guide) | ✓ | ✗ a poem | ✗ nothing |
| Letters he can read | ✓ PROTECT US, two words, struck | ✗ no saint at all | ✗ a black disc |
| Sized for a grown man, worn by her too | ✓ 32 mm, gold or silver | ✗ "doesn't fit an adult" | ✗ often 15 mm |
| Nothing to snap | ✓ steel, no elastic | ✗ a clasp that goes | ✗ a jump ring that opens |
| Prayers sent the same day | ✓ the novena and eight prayers | ✗ | ✗ |
| If it breaks within a year | ✓ a new one, free | ✗ 30% off a new one | ✗ nothing |
| The blessing | ✓ Father blesses it free, we never sell it | ✗ none | ✗ sometimes sold "blessed" |
The woman who answers every email at Oremus
My son Daniel is twenty-six. He works on wind farms three states away, and most days I don't know which county he's in. For years I prayed for him at the door and sent the prayer with whatever I could find: a "To My Son" bracelet that broke before spring, a medal from the big online store that was a black disc. I wanted something of my prayer to go where I can't, on a piece that lasts and that he can actually read. That's Oremus. I read the first name on every order, and I pray for those names on Sunday. When you write to us, it's me who writes back.
Monica, at Oremus
I gave it to him in the kitchen at five in the morning. He didn't say much. He wears it under the vest now, and twice he's driven back for it.
Alicia, Columbus OH · for her husband, a sheriff's deputy
Father blessed it on Sunday. The night before he shipped, we sat in the car and I read the prayer off my phone. He put the medal in his pocket and went inside.
Beth, Omaha NE · for her son, 18
He wears the gold and I wear the silver, the same medal. When he's on nights, I hold mine at the sink and say the prayer for him.
Diane, Bakersfield CA · for her husband and herself
The last one I bought ran it all together. My son caught it before I did. This one he read out loud, rim and all.
Elaine, Springfield MO · for her son, 24
He told me St Michael is in his Bible too. He took the medal without a word and wore it on patrol the next day.
Frances, Chattanooga TN · for her son-in-law, a state trooper
Bought them for my son leaving for Parris Island and for his mother, gold for him, silver for her. His is just right. The 24 in chain hangs low on her, so she wears it under her sweater; I'd have liked a shorter one for her. Four stars for that.
Craig, Clarksville TN · for his son, 18, and his wife
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His saint's prayer in Latin and English, checked letter by letter, sized for his wallet, with the one line to say to Father. So you never wonder what prayer goes with it.
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Every letter, sign and date on his medal, explained in plain words. When he asks what it says, you'll know, and so will he.
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Eight prayers read slowly, two to four minutes each: the St Michael prayer of Leo XIII, the St Benedict prayer, the Memorare, Psalm 91, a mother's morning prayer, a prayer for a son far away, a prayer for a hard year, a prayer at the door. For the mornings you don't have the words.
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Nine mornings by email, his name in each prayer, starting the day you order. Your prayer starts before his piece even ships.
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A prayer with the name of the one you pray for: who they are to you, where they go, what they face. As a PDF to pray, and read aloud by a calm voice, about two minutes, to keep or to send. For the times you don't know what to say.
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A prayer journal to print, one page a morning, in versions for a son, a husband and a grandchild. For the habit that slips in a busy month.
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Store credit by email, for the next person you pray for.
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Your order ships within 24 hours instead of the usual handling time, so the piece leaves sooner.
Four gifts worth $49.96 with one piece. All seven, worth $102.85, with The Family; The Whole Family adds priority processing. The gifts are yours to keep, whatever happens.
For 30 days: if it arrives damaged or isn't what this page shows, send us a photo. We refund you. You don't send anything back.
For a whole year: if it breaks, send us a photo. A new one ships free. You don't send the broken one back.
The gifts are yours to keep, whatever happens.
One thing we can't cover: a piece that's lost. If he loses it, write to Monica; we'll make the next one easy.
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His piece, or yours
1 medal
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One for him, one for you, one for the next name
3 medals, $26 each
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One for everyone you pray for
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★★★★★ 4.8 · 2,600+ mothers pray with Oremus
391 reviews
My husband and my son both wear the gold. I wear the silver. The two left from The Whole Family went to my brothers.
At Fort Jackson he pulled his collar aside to show me it was there, under the uniform, ten weeks later.
6:40 every evening I hold mine and say the St Michael prayer for him. He knows that's when.
It never came off my husband's neck the whole deployment. The chain still looks new.
I gave it to him in the parking lot and said the prayer out loud. Three cadets next to him asked where I got it.
My son wears a steel watch and I couldn't decide. She said silver for him, and she was right.
Longer than I hoped with his ship date coming, but tracked the whole way. Two days to spare.
She said it after Mass every Sunday when I was a girl. Now the same words are on my son's chest.
St Michael Medal Necklace
