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I’ve only been at Mass a couple of times when the Leontine Prayers were offered after Mass, but both times the prayer to St. Micael was not the same as the one that I remember from the 1950s. I thought that maybe my memory was at fault, but I just ran into a website that had the exact same prayer that I remember posted, rather than the one that I’ve heard at TLM.

I can’t help wondering if the fact that this website is sponsored by a group that is outside the Church–it’s the same one as the one where 15 sisters just left to make their submission to the
Catholic Church of the ages. I think, if I’m remembering correctly, that this group is sedevacantistic.

Anyway, here is the version of the St. Michael prayer that I remember–has anyone else heard this one lately:

“St. Michael, the archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. We humbly beseech God to command him. And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the divine power thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits who roam through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.”
 
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I’ve only been at Mass a couple of times when the Leontine Prayers were offered after Mass, but both times the prayer to St. Micael was not the same as the one that I remember from the 1950s. I thought that maybe my memory was at fault, but I just ran into a website that had the exact same prayer that I remember posted, rather than the one that I’ve heard at TLM.

I can’t help wondering if the fact that this website is sponsored by a group that is outside the Church–it’s the same one as the one where 15 sisters just left to make their submission to the
Catholic Church of the ages. I think, if I’m remembering correctly, that this group is sedevacantistic.

Anyway, here is the version of the St. Michael prayer that I remember–has anyone else heard this one lately:

“St. Michael, the archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. We humbly beseech God to command him. And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the divine power thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits who roam through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.”
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There are a variety of different translations. And at times it seems as if no two people learned the same one. I have never heard your version used.

The way I learned it:

Saint 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 evil spirits who wander the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

I have also heard:

Saint 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 evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Notice the word “through”.

And I have heard:

**Saint 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 evil spirits who wander about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

**Notice “about”.

And I know of people who replace “protection” with “safeguard”. I have heard people say “by the divine power of God”. Some people say “defend us in this day of battle”. The variations really seem endless.

I have been working on memorizing the Latin lately. Now, if everyone else would just do the same there would be no problem. 😃

James
 
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“St. Michael, the archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. We humbly beseech God to command him. And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the divine power thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits who roam through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.”
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That’s the same prayer we say at the end of the Rosary at my parish…verbatim.
 
That’s interesting, Nicole–thanks for posting. I was just getting ready to answer James, thinking that my version was probably only used some sixty years ago (because that’s when I remember it from, and I was totally shocked to realize that I could still recite it!! :clapping: )

But if they are using it after the Rosary in your parish, then obviously my version hasn’t died of old age…😃
 
NMJenny said:
“St. Michael, the archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. We humbly beseech God to command him. And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the divine power thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits who roam through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.”
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This is the one we say after every Mass.

:harp: :heaven:
 
How we’ve always done ours is,

St. Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard 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 about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

It seems there are an infinite number of variations.
 
One of my favorite variations says “thrust into Hell.” To cast seems a gentler verb than to thrust.
 
Jenny,

I don’t remember the version you do. We used to say the prayer a lot in the high school I went to b/c it was named for St. Michael, but I remember it being closer to the version that James posted. The version in my Catholic Prayer book is different from what I remember saying as a kid.
 
A lot of it may have been the time when the prayer was recited–this was right at the beginning of the 1950s, and I just checked my Fr. Lasance prayer book to be sure I remembered it correctly.

But when I had the privilege of attending TLM in these last few years, the St. Michael prayer either wasn’t said, or the version that you remember was used–very confusing…🤷
 
They’re many versions of the St. Michael Prayer just like the act of contrition. I know about 3 act of contritions and there are many versions of it out there. I learned the Prayer to St. Michael like this:

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our safeguard 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, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who proul through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
 
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