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Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

Also known as St Michael Prayer, Sancte Michael Archangele

Composed by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 and prayed after Mass for most of the following century. Asked for when something needs to be defended rather than merely endured.

Traditional English

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 about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.

Latin

Sancte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in prǽlio;
contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium.
Ímperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur:
tuque, prínceps milítiæ cæléstis,
Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos,
qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo,
divína virtúte in inférnum detrúde.
Amen.

Source

The Raccolta (English edition, 1910)

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