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Jun 12, 2024 · On Oct. 1, 1884, Pope Leo XIII had a deeply disturbing mystical experience at Mass. He had just finished celebrating in his private chapel when he suddenly stood transfixed in front of the altar. For perhaps 10 minutes he stood there as if in a trance, his face drained of color. Then he went to his office and composed a prayer to St. Michael.
Apr 4, 2024 · Steven Boero // April 04, 2024. St. Michael the Archangel is synonymous with spiritual warfare and defeating the ultimate enemy of God and the human race – the devil. In the Book of Revelation 12:7-9, St. Michael battles Satan in heaven and eventually casts him and his demons into hell. Devotion to St. Michael and the angels goes as far back ...
Sep 25, 2017 · A longer prayer to St. Michael, sometimes known as the exorcism prayer although it was not intended for use in actual exorcism rituals, was approved by the pope 3 years later in two versions, one ...
The Book of Revelation refers to this same battle, recalling before our eyes the image of St. Michael the Archangel (Revelation 12:7). Pope Leo XIII certainly had a very vivid recollection of this scene when, at the end of the last century, he introduced a special prayer to St. Michael throughout the Church.
- St. Michael: Warrior from The Beginning
- The Origins of The St. Michael Prayer
- The 1888 Prayer and 1890 “Exorcismus” Prayer to St. Michael
- The St. Michael Prayer Memorized by Catholics
St. Michael appears in both the Old and New Testaments. His name in Hebrew is Mikhaʾel, which means “Who is like God?” He has been the leader of the heavenly hosts ever since the testing of the angels, in which he was indignant at Satan’s defiance and rose up to make his own choice to serve the Lord and to defend His holy name and all that He had m...
The St. Michael prayer is relatively new in the history of the Church. It was composed by Pope Leo XIII and included in the 1886 “Prayers After Mass” which were added and required to be said after all Low Masses in the Latin Rite. What inspired this prayer? There are various versions of a story that explain it. The basic account is that Pope Leo XI...
The prayer that we are familiar with comes from the 1886 “Prayers After (Low) Mass” composed by Pope Leo XIII. As we learn from Kevin Symonds’s book on the history of the St. Michael prayer: Here is the text of the 1888 prayer:
Here is the text of the prayer commonly known today, as taken from Pope Leo XIII’s first composition. It is easy to memorize and important to do so. Many Catholics recite it after saying the Rosary: Starting in 1886, this prayer was said by priest and parishioners after every Low Mass in the Latin Rite. In the aftermath of various changes that came...
Origin of Pope Leo XIII's Prayer to St. Michael. One day, after celebrating Mass, the aged Pope Leo XIII was in conference with the Cardinals when suddenly he sank to the floor in a deep swoon. Physicians who hastened to his side could find no trace of his pulse and feared that he had expired. However, after a short interval the Holy Father ...
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The prayer to St. Michael is part of the Leonine Prayers, which were once said at the end of Mass. They are called Leonine because Pope Leo XIII ordered them to be said after Low (simple) Mass for the liberty of the Church during an era when the temporal authorities were attempting to suppress the Church’s rights. Pope Leo XIII.
