{"id":1103,"date":"2020-09-29T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2025-09-29T13:46:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:46:41","slug":"feast-of-st-michael-the-archangel-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"Feast of St. Michael the Archangel today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The traditional head of the angels &#8211; &#8220;defend us in battle&#8221; &#8211; the full text below.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2017\/09\/25\/the-demonic-vision-that-inspired-the-st-michael-prayer\/\">The prayer was written by Pope Leo XIII.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No Pope in my memory has spoken and written more about Satan and demonic activity than the current Pope Francis. Maybe he likes the St. Michael prayer? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4c14d90200d-300wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12825\" title=\"St michael the archangel 3\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s an image (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNQHg7IbnXmX5Iy4eoziwr_ch5eLlA:1572545067313&amp;q=st+michael+the+archangel+pictures&amp;tbm=isch&amp;source=univ&amp;client=firefox-b-1-d&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwickoXxisflAhVsU98KHbABB70Q7Al6BAgHEEE&amp;biw=1536&amp;bih=750\">one of many, many in art,<\/a> of course) with his nemesis in another image below &#8211; gives snakes a bad name&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a498127b200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12824\" title=\"Satan and snake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a498127b200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a498127b200c-500wi-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Saint Michael Archangel,<\/em><br><em> defend us in battle,<\/em><br><em> be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil;<\/em><br><em> may God rebuke him, we humbly pray;<\/em><br><em> and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,<\/em><br><em> by the power of God, cast into hell<\/em><br><em> Satan and all the evil spirits<\/em><br><em> who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls.<\/em><br><em> Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The traditional head of the angels &#8211; &#8220;defend us in battle&#8221; &#8211; the full text below.&nbsp; The prayer was written by Pope Leo XIII. No Pope in my memory has spoken and written more about Satan and demonic activity than the current Pope Francis. Maybe he likes the St. Michael prayer? Here&#8217;s an image (one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12826,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions\/12826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}