Prayer of St. Michael After Mass making a comeback

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Apparently a number of bishops, including but not limited to Archbishop Chaput, have directed their dioceses to resume the practice of saying the Prayer to St. Michael after all Masses in response to the so-called crisis in the Church. I have heard this mentioned at a couple of Masses, and the prayer is now being said either after the final blessing or else during the announcement time right before the final blessing.

Just curious as to what other dioceses may be doing this?
 
This business about the prayer being “scary for children” needs to stop. Kids old enough to pay attention to the words of the prayer are watching superhero and action movies with evil villains, horror movies with monsters and devils, going to scary haunted houses, and having to see awful stuff on the news every day. The devil prowls around the world, it’s a fact. We do not do children any favors by sweeping that information under the rug.
 
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois: we have been doing this for many years here (2011). It was just after the installation of our current bishop.
 
The Prayer to St. Michael was part of the Leonine Prayers that were suppressed in the 1960s, I believe by Pope Paul VI. He didn’t give a reason, the Vatican document as I recall just said “The Leonine Prayers are suppressed.” I remember my mother saying that even back in the 60s people complained that the prayer was too scary for children. Other people have complained that the Leonine Prayers were “adding on” to the Mass.

In the last couple years since I started going to many Masses at many different churches, I have found some where the pastor already has everybody saying the St. Michael Prayer, or in some cases the St. Michael Prayer and the Hail Holy Queen (which was also a Leonine prayer), either after Mass or during the announcement time before the final blessing. Traditional parishes tend to say them both after the final conclusion of the traditional Mass (with the Last Gospel etc.) Now that the Diocese has ordered them to be said, I am hearing them almost everywhere. It’s rather interesting to see who in the congregation already knows the St. Michael Prayer and just belts it out and who is frantically looking for the missalette that has it on the back cover.
 
The church that I attend is named after St. Michael. We always have said this prayer after the opening announcements and before the procession.
 
The only time I have heard the St. Michael prayer said in the AD of Atlanta was during weekday masses. I can’t imagine why it was dropped, and I can’t imagine why any Bishop would not follow suit and re-instate the prayer.
 
Another reason some speculate they stopped them is that the prayers were said for the conversion of Russia since 1930, and the restoration of freedom to worship in Russia meant the prayers were no longer needed.

We don’t really know why for sure though.
 
It’s not in my diocese yet. We prayed it last weekend in honor of St. Michael’s feast day on the 29th, but normally we do not.
 
The diocese close to mine in KY says it either before the processional or directly after. It seems elective to the parish or priest though, as not all the parishes say it.
 
“So-called crisis”

Tell us how you really feel.

Every good priest I know has said it after Mass.
 
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