The final mention is in Revelation, where St. Michael and his angels, do battle with the dragon. Blessed Virgin Mary. Constitution of the USA. Continue reading about St. Michael the Confessor St. Michael the Archangel Fun Facts. More Saints Search Search Saints. Trending Saints: St. Lawrence O'Toole St. Michael the Archangel St. Albert the Great St. Catherine of Siena. Michael has four duties: 1 To continue to wage battle against Satan and the other fallen angels; 2 to save the souls of the faithful from the power of Satan especially at the hour of death; 3 to protect the People of God, both the Jews of the Old Covenant and the Christians of the New Covenant; and 4 finally to lead the souls of the departed from this life and present them to our Lord for the particular judgment, and at the end of time, for the final judgment.
For these reasons, Christian iconography depicts St. Michael as a knight-warrior, wearing battle armor, and wielding a sword or spear, while standing triumphantly on a serpent or other representation of Satan. Sometimes he is depicted holding the scales of justice or the Book of Life, both symbols of the last judgment. As Catholics, we have remembered through our liturgical rites the important role of St. Michael in defending us against Satan and the powers of evil.
We offer to thee, Lord, sacrifices and prayers; do thou receive them in behalf of those souls whom we commemorate this day. Grant them, Lord, to pass from death to that life which thou didst promise of old to Abraham and to his seed.
In the Tridentine Mass since the s, St. John the Baptizer, and Saints Peter and Paul; the invocation of these saints inspired the faithful to remember the call to holiness and the sinlessness of the Church Triumphant in Heaven. For the greater part of the twentieth century, the faithful recited the prayer to St. Michael at the end of the Mass. After celebrating Mass, the Holy Father was conferring with his cardinals. Michael, whose forces cast down Lucifer and the evil spirits into hell, is invoked for protection against Satan and all evil.
Pope Leo XIII, in , having had a prophetic vision of the evil that would be inflicted upon the Church and the world in the 20th century, instituted a prayer asking for 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 through the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Michael is patron of the sick, radiologists, mariners, soldiers and first responders. He is also the patron of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Gila Bend. Sign in. Long live Lucifer! Let him reign over us in Heaven! But, if you want to fight for Heaven, you can if you think it will be any good. So, now you know why we sometimes say in our prayers, "Holy St.
Michael the Archangel, defend us in the Day of Battle," because he is so good at battles. But, what happened to Lucifer and his Rebel Angels? Well, he was so furious and enraged at having lost his Battle with God that he has never gotten over it. You see, he is never allowed inside Heaven anymore forever and ever and ever; and, now that he can't go into Heaven anymore, he is angry about it.
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