Deliverance & Spiritual Protection

Prayers After Low Mass (Leonine Prayers)

In 1884 Pope Leo XIII ordered that a set of prayers be recited after every Low Mass throughout the Latin Church, adding the Prayer to St.

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Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. (three times) Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon Thy people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of St. Joseph her spouse, of Thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of Holy Mother Church. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 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 prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. (three times)

Pope Leo XIII, 1884-1886; Roman Missal (prayers after Low Mass)

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Michael in 1886. Tradition holds that the Pope composed the St. Michael prayer after a vision of the coming trials of the Church. The Leonine Prayers were prayed at the foot of the altar for eighty years, until they were discontinued in 1964; many parishes and communities have since restored them, and they remain the most familiar set of protective prayers in Catholic devotional life.

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