Saint Michael, the Archangel

Did you know that Pope Leo XIII wrote the Saint Michael prayer in 1884? He had a vision so strong that he asked that it would be prayed after Mass.

Did you know that it was also stopped in 1968 with the Novus Ordo during the time of Pope Paul VI?

And did you know that in 1994, Pope John Paul II wanted to have it said after Mass again?

Here's the Prayer of St. Michael taken from the EWTN website:

St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits,
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.


Read more:

http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/michael.htm#ixzz1ImlhOBoA

Saunders, Fr. William. (1999). St. michael: guardian of the church. Retrieved from http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=1217&CFID=75993464&CFTOKEN=31191617