guild of st michael

1. He fights against Satan (Revelation 12)

2. He rescues the souls of the faithful from the power of the enemy, especially at the hour of death (Jude 9)

3. He is the champion of God’s people and the patron of the Church (Daniel 10.21)

4. He attends the dying and brings their souls to the judgment (Daniel 12)

The Shepherd of Hermas (Book III), second century, AD

I said to him, Sir, explain to me what this tree means, for I am perplexed about it, because, after so many branches have been cut off, it continues sound, and nothing appears to have been cut away from it. By this, now, I am perplexed. Listen, he said: This great tree that casts its shadow over plains, and mountains, and all the earth, is the law of God that was given to the whole world; and this law is the Son of God, proclaimed to the ends of the earth; and the people who are under its shadow are they who have heard the proclamation, and have believed upon Him. And the great and glorious angel Michael is he who has authority over this people, and governs them; for this is he who gave them the law into the hearts of believers: he accordingly superintends them to whom he gave it, to see if they have kept the same.

Feast Day: September 29

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 power of god, cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits who roam about the world seeking the ruin of souls. amen.