Pretty Lies Are No Match For Saint Michael

Don’t forget that if you started on the Assumption, you could take the day off if you want. Otherwise, from whenever you started, keep going! We are consecrating ourselves to Jesus through the intercession of the Archangel who is named “Who is like God?” This question in a name is so important because it shows how evil tries to pretend to be God. Rarely does evil come out as its disgusting and loathsome self. Truly, if the serpent said, “Eat this fruit; it will kill you,” Eve would have said no. But evil pretends to be an “angel of light (2 Cor 11:14),” tricking us with pretty lies. I pray for deceptions to be unmasked, that we would come away from pretty lies in our lives to live, personally and collectively, in radiant truth. Today, we consecrate ourselves, our families, our nation and our Church. St. Michael’s Lent Traditional 40 Day Consecration Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel from the Basilica Sanctuary of St. Michael in Gargano, Italy. Prayed daily from Aug.15 thru Sept.29 Oh, most noble Prince of the Angelic Hierarchies, valorous warrior of Almighty God, and zealous lover of His glory, terror of the rebellious angels, and love and delight of all the just, my beloved Archangel Saint Michael, desiring to be numbered among your devoted servants, I, today offer and consecrate myself to you, and place myself, my family, and all I possess under your most powerful protection. I entreat you not to look at how little I, as your servant have to offer, being only a wretched sinner, but to gaze, rather, with favorable eye at the heartfelt affection with which this offering is made, and remember that if from this day onward I am under your patronage, you must during all my life assist me, and procure for me the pardon of my many grievous offenses and sins, the grace to love with all my heart my God, my dear Savior Jesus, and my Sweet Mother Mary, and to obtain for me all the help necessary to arrive to my crown of glory. Defend me always from my spiritual enemies, particularly in the last moments of my life.

Come then, oh Glorious Prince and succor me in my last struggle, and with your powerful weapon cast far from me into the infernal abysses that prevaricator and proud angel that one day you prostrated in the celestial battle. Accompany me then to the throne of God to sing with you, Archangel Saint Michael and all the angels, praise, honour and glory to the One who reigns for all eternity. Amen.