SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

In 1886, Pope Leo instituted a variant amount of prayers to be prayed. One was to be prayed directly after the close of each Mass, The Saint Michael Prayer. It is said that one day, towards the end of Mass one day, Pope Leo had a vivid vision. “Whatever happened during Pope Leo’s vision, it appears certain that he did have a vision and what he saw was not pleasant. It prompted him to quickly compose the Prayer to St. Michael, and to request its use at the end of Low Masses. The pope lived during particularly turbulent times, and he believed prayer was needed to dispel the darkness that hung over the world. 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 for clergy and one for lay individual prayer. St. Michael the Archangel has always been known to be a powerful intercessor against evil, especially since he is recorded in the Book of Revel