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Prayers Against Satan’s Attacks: Saint Michael, the Litany and Short Prayers to Resist the Devil

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  • The Catholic prayer to Saint Michael, “defend us in the day of battle,” was ordered by Pope Leo XIII to be said after every Low Mass; its “May God rebuke him” echoes Jude 1:9.
  • Protestant and Orthodox prayers against the devil include the Litany’s “from the crafts and assaults of the devil,” the collect for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, a Great Compline prayer and Luther’s morning prayer.
  • Scripture’s instructions are to submit to God and resist the devil (James 4:7), stay watchful (1 Peter 5:8–9) and put on the armor of God (Ephesians 6:11–18).
  • Short prayers cover temptation, fear at night, accusing thoughts, past shame, discouragement, the home, pride, bitterness and standing firm.
  • No Christian church prays to Satan; the Bible forbids witchcraft and spells (Deuteronomy 18:10–11), and Orthodox and Anglican baptisms include a renunciation of Satan.
  • The Catholic Catechism (paragraph 1673) reserves major exorcism to a priest with the bishop’s permission and distinguishes it from psychological illness, which medicine treats.

In a moment of attack, a short prayer is enough: “Lord Jesus, you have defeated the devil. Keep me from evil, guard my mind and my home, and help me resist him. Amen.” The Lord’s Prayer asks the same in four words, “deliver us from evil,” and Catholics also pray to Saint Michael the Archangel. If you are hearing voices, cannot sleep for fear, or have thoughts of harming yourself, see a doctor as well as praying. The Catholic Church…

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  • Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Deuteronomy 18:10–11; Job 1:10; Psalm 4:8; Proverbs 16:18; 26:2; Isaiah 40:31; Matthew 4:4, 10; 6:13; Luke 10:17, 20; John 17:15; Romans 16:20; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 16:13; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:26–27; 6:11–18; Colossians 2:15; 2 Timothy 1:7; James 4:7–8; 1 Peter 5:8–9; 1 John 3:8; 4:4; Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:10). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
  • Lasance, Francis Xavier. The Catholic Girl’s Guide: Counsels and Devotions for Girls in the Ordinary Walks of Life. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1906. Prayers ordered by Pope Leo XIII after Low Mass, pp. 461–462. https://archive.org/details/catholicgirlsgui00lasa
  • The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. The Litany, p. 54; Collect for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, p. 214; Ministration of Holy Baptism, p. 277. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
  • Hapgood, Isabel Florence, trans. Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic (Greco-Russian) Church. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906. The Office of Grand Compline, pp. 161–162; The Office of Holy Baptism, p. 275. https://www.ponomar.net/data/hapgood.pdf
  • Luther, Martin. Small Catechism, “Daily Prayers.” BookOfConcord.org. https://bookofconcord.org/small-catechism/daily-prayers/
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1997. Paragraph 1673. https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_two/section_two/chapter_four/article_1.html

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