Saint Michael's Lent

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Saint Michael the Archangel is my confirmation saint and, I recently learned that Saint Francis of Assisi and others have historically participated in a 40-Day Lent that typically started on the Assumption on August 15th and continued to Michael’s feast day on September 29th. I am interested in doing this.

Can anyone tell me what special practices I need to follow in order to perform this Lent with its original integrity? Is it just like a normal Lent we do before Easter? Or is it different?

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I don’t know, just subscribing. I’v’e read about this in conjunction with the Eclipse, so I’m very interested.
 
Interesting. I’ve never heard of this before. Hopefully someone can provide a little more background. I tried googling around, but couldn’t really find much further info beyond the connection to St. Francis that you mentioned.

I found a previous thread about the topic, but the only link in the thread (pointing people to more info) doesn’t work.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=586233
 
Thanks for all the replies. Yes, I recently heard about the references to the eclipse and how the Lent and also the Feast Days of St Francis and Padre Pio align with the Revelations passage about the Woman Clothed With the Sun on September 23rd.

It was because of this and because both Mary and St. Michael are my confirmation saints, that I decided that I should perform a Lent of St. Michael.

But, I’m still not sure what exactly is included in the practices for this Lent. Someone in my parish thought we needed to fast from ALL FOOD like St. Francis of Assisi would do during the Lent of St. Michael but, I thought that was a bit too much and figured it would be more like Lent at Easter where we just eat two small meals and one regular meal and no meat on Fridays, etc.

But, there might also be special prayers? I know there is Novena to St. Michael and I have prayed that many times. Of course the rosary is always good too. But, I’m still interested in doing the Lent in the ancient traditions — like the Franciscan monks and St. Francis did. If completely fasting from all food is a requirement, I don’t think I could do that but, maybe one meal a day and no meat at all I could commit to.
 
OP,

This is a fascinating topic and I am interested perhaps in joining you in this Lent of St Michael’s.

Thanks for the info, Clare,

Mary.
 
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But, there might also be special prayers? I know there is Novena to St. Michael and I have prayed that many times. Of course the rosary is always good too. But, I’m still interested in doing the Lent in the ancient traditions — like the Franciscan monks and St. Francis did. If completely fasting from all food is a requirement, I don’t think I could do that but, maybe one meal a day and no meat at all I could commit to.
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The chaplet of St. Michael is a beautiful prayer.
The old term for the day is Michaelmas.
 
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