Bishop Paprocki Authorizes St. Michael Prayer After Masses...

These Last Days News - May 6, 2011

Bishop Paprocki Authorizes St. Michael Prayer After Masses...

"You pastors who have rejected Michael as the guardian of the Faith and My Son's House, you must return him in prayer and visual sight, his monuments, his statues to My Son's House, Church." - Our Lady, June 18, 1976

Veronica - Now Michael has placed his sword down as though he was digging into the ground, but he's not. I don't know what he placed it into. Oh, I see he's placed it into satan....
St. Michael - "You have nothing to fear but fear. Face it, and it will disappear. Face it with prayer." - June 16, 1973

CatholicCitizens.org reported on April 21, 2011:

His Excellency the Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, has authorized the public recitation of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel - originally composed by the Holy Father Pope Leo XIII in 1886 - following the dismissal at the end of Mass and before the recession.
He announced this authorization to the priests of the Diocese at a dinner preceding the Chrism Mass Tuesday evening and to the people of the Diocese at the conclusion of the Chrism Mass.

Prayer cards with the text of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel were distributed after every Mass with the newly blessed and consecrated oils to be place in the pews of the parish churches throughout the Diocese.

In a letter to parish leaders accompanying the cards, Bishop Paprocki explained the reason he has authorized this practice. He wrote:

One of Satan's greatest assets is his camouflage, the belief that he doesn't exist. Disbelief in Satan and the forces of evil leave us unable to resist them. That is why it is good to remember the Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel. We need to remember that each time we pray we work to defeat our real enemies, not each other, but rather the devil and his evil spirits...

In recent years, a number of parishes have begun reciting the prayer once more, and many individual Catholics have kept up the practice. Both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have urged the faithful to pray it daily, and especially after Mass.

On the back of the prayer cards to be placed in the pews, Bishop Paprocki explains his vision for the Diocese, using some of the homily he preached at the Masses of Welcome celebrated in each of the Diocese's seven deaneries:

I envision a local Church where Catholics seek to grow in holiness, attend Mass every Sunday and participate regularly in the sacramental life of the Church. I see Catholics, who love God with all their heart, mind and soul and love their neighbors as themselves. I see the faithful who bear witness to Jesus Christ in their daily lives and promote respect for all human life from conception to natural death.

I envision an abundance of vocations with priests sufficient to staff and serve our parishes with virtuous commitment. I see dedicated deacons, nuns, brothers and lay people teaching the faith, caring for the sick, reaching out to the poor and dying. I see communities where family life is valued, homes where mothers and fathers love their children and whose children love them. In short, I envision God's kingdom already foreshadowed in the life of the Church and a foretaste of the heavenly banquet in the Eucharistic feast.

Everything that I have described is attainable. The only real obstacle in our lives is sin. Original sin is our inherited condition. The spiritual treasures of paradise were forfeited by our human ancestors. While Jesus Christ's death and resurrection have restored the gifts of heavenly treasures for us, we also have to recognize that the devil, Satan, is real, and he will do everything in his power to deflect us from our goal, which is eternal life with Christ in His kingdom. This reality should not frighten us nor lead us to despair, for Christ is more powerful than Satan.

Prayer and the sacraments are an essential part of what Saint Paul called the "armor of God" in his letter to the Ephesians. The Saint Michael prayer can help us "stand against the deceits of the devil" (Ephesians 6:11) by "taking the shield of faith" (Ephesians 6:16). God permits us to be tempted by the devil but gives us the grace to resist him through prayer in our daily lives. We can and should say the prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel at church with the assembly or on our own during the day for spiritual protection for ourselves and for others.

May God bless our diocese and our mission with every grace we need to grow in faith, hope and love. May Saint Michael the Archangel protect us from all evil, harm and temptation.

Amen.

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These prophecies came from Jesus, Mary, and the saints to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, NY, from 1968 to 1995:

FLOCKING BACK
"When I am returned to remain guard at the tabernacles, and my name is returned, you will find the people flocking back into the houses of their God." - St. Michael, August 21, 1974

GUARDIAN OF CHILDREN
"My child, I am not but a guardian of the Father, the eternal Kingdom, and the Queen of Heaven, but I am also a guardian of the children upon earth. I am the guardian of the houses throughout the world, of God--the churches, My child--but many have forgotten this." - St. Michael, May 17, 1975

GREATEST WARRIOR
"Michael is the greatest warrior of Heaven. Call upon him often, My children." - Jesus, June 9, 1979

WHO IS LIKE UNTO GOD!
Veronica - And he's pointing his spear down. He's holding the balance in his right hand, and now with the balance held high up in the air, he's saying: "Who is like unto God! Who is like unto God!" - St. Michael, August 14, 1976

DISCERNMENT
"You will all keep in your hearts this prayer for consolation and direction. If you come upon a questionable soul, you will say inwardly the Exorcism, Saint Michael, and your eyes will be opened to the truth. Many shall receive the gift of discernment of spirits." - Jesus, October 1, 1977

AWESOME
Veronica - Now coming down from the sky behind Our Lady, directly behind Her, I see Michael. His--oh, his span is across the whole sky. There is no way to explain Michael, Saint Michael. He is very, very large and awesome, but he gives you a wonderful feeling of contentment, peace and support. - June 4, 1977

SWORD INTO SATAN
Veronica - Now Michael has placed his sword down as though he was digging into the ground, but he's not. I don't know what he placed it into. Oh, I see he's placed it into satan....
St. Michael - "You have nothing to fear but fear. Face it, and it will disappear. Face it with prayer." - St. Michael, June 16, 1973

NO VARIATIONS
"My child and My children, I ask that no variations be made in the process of speaking and telling the beads. Saint Michael's, the Archangel, and the prayer given to the children will be sufficient. ** Neither add to nor detract from the beads." - Our Lady, October 6, 1978

BRING ST. MICHAEL BACK IN THE CHURCH IN STATUE AND PRAYER
"You will bring back into My Church, and your country and all of the nations of the world the Exorcism to rid a country of the evil one, satan, the prince of darkness, who has now in his possession a pair of boots of destruction. You will say: 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 divine power of God, cast into hell satan, and all evil spirits who wander now throughout your world seeking the ruin of souls.” - Jesus, October 1, 1977

DAILY
"My children, you must use the exorcism of Saint Michael constantly, daily in your lives, for those who knock upon your door now may be evil." - Our Lady, October 6, 1977

EXORCISM PRAYER
"Lucifer is upon earth; you understand that his powers are great. That is why you must always test the spirits and say the Saint Michael Exorcism when it is possible. When it is not possible, you will say: 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, 0 prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell satan and all evil spirits who roam now throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls." - Jesus, June 18, 1984

SATAN CHAINED INTO HELL...
"You will know now that My Mother will crush the prince of darkness, and he will lie before Her, chained by Michael and cast into the pit. He rages now upon your world, knowing that his time grows short." - Jesus, March 24, 1973

On April 24th 1994, Pope John Paul II recommended the Catholic faithful to continue praying the St. Michael Exorcism prayer:

"May prayer strengthen us for the spiritual battle we are told about in the Letter to the Ephesians: 'Draw strength from the Lord and from His mighty power' (Ephesians 6:10). The Book of Revelation refers to this same battle, recalling before our eyes the image of St. Michael the Archangel (Revelation 12:7). Pope Leo XIII certainly had a very vivid recollection of this scene when, at the end of the last century, he introduced a special prayer to St. Michael throughout the Church. Although this prayer is no longer recited at the end of Mass, I ask everyone not to forget it and to recite it to obtain help in the battle against forces of darkness and against the spirit of this world.”

(The following is a brief history of how the St. Michael Prayer came to be recited after Low Mass, as described in the St. Gregory Society Newsletter):

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 thrust down into hell Satan and all wicked spirits who wander throughout the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.

This prayer to Saint Michael is excerpted from the Prayers after Low Mass, the so-called Leonine Prayers. In 1859, Pope Pius IX ordered that special public prayers--three Hail Marys, the Salve Regina, a versicle and a collect--be recited after Mass in all churches within the Papal States in supplication fro the defeat of the enemies of his temporal sovereignty. On 6 January 1884 Pope Leo XIII decreed that the prayers Pius IX had prescribed for churches in the Papal States be recited after Low Mass in churches throughout the world. In 1886 the Prayer to St. Michael was added. The opening words of the invocation is similar to the Alleluia verse for St. Michael's feasts on May 8 and September 29. In 1930 Pope Pius XI decreed a new intention for the Prayers after Low Mass--that Christ "permit tranquility and freedom to profess the faith to be restored to the afflicted people of Russia." The "freedom of the Church in Russia" therefore--and not the conversion of Russia to the Catholic faith in fulfillment of the Fatima promises--was the official intention for which these prayers continued to be prescribed." (taken from the Saint Gregory Society Newsletter, Number 30, Winter 2003)

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