June's Teaching Moment

The Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel began with Pope Leo XIII in 1886, when he had a vision after Mass of the great harm Satan would do to the Church and world in the 20th century. The pope composed the prayer and added it to be said after Low Mass. Despite a change in 1964, Pope St. John Paul II, in his Regina Coeli address in 1994, recommended this prayer to fight evil in the world.

He said, “Although this prayer is no longer recited at the end of Mass, I ask everyone not to forget it and to recite it to obtain help in the battle against the forces of darkness and against the spirit of this world.”

Many dioceses have resumed saying it after low Masses, but we should all recite this beautiful prayer often:

St. 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.

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St. Michael the Archangel

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