Powerful Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel Saint Michael the Archangel, warrior of light and heavenly protector, you who defend what is just and pure with your sword, I call upon you in this ...

The Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel to request an urgent ... Deliver my request to the divine throne and, with your ...

O glorious St. Michael, guardian and defender of the Church of Jesus Christ, come to the assistance of this Church, against which the powers of hell are unchained, guard with especial care her ...

The Prayer to St. Michael originated in 1888 as a result of a private revelation to Pope Leo XIII, who foresaw the Church being a battlefield between God and Satan (and as a result of the papacy ...

A statue of St. Michael the Archangel is seen at the Church of St. Michael in New York City. In response to the church's abuse crisis, some pastors have asked their parishioners to say the prayer ...

St. Michael the Archangel is back, invoked to defend Christians from the snares of the devil. Or at least his prayer is. The Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel is now a staple of liturgies in ...

Since the late 19th Century, Catholics have recited the Prayer to St. Michael when facing disease, disaster and despair. It proclaims, in part: "St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, this week responded to a letter in The Wall Street Journal from a priest objecting to the praying of the St. Michael Prayer at the end of Mass ...

Pope Francis said the statue of St. Michael with his sword piercing the devil is "an invitation to reflection and prayer." "Michael fights to re-establish divine justice," he said. "He defends the ...

Rev. Gerald J. Bednar is simply wrong to suggest that reciting the prayer to St. Michael is “out of place at the end of Catholic Mass” (Letters, Oct. 22). He mistakenly says that it “ends ...

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 ...