Dear
Friends,
Catholic pro-lifers
naturally turn to Saint Michael, the prince of the heavenly host,
in our struggle against the principalities and powers of the culture
of death. Pope Leo XIII composed a magnificent prayer to Saint
Michael and ordered it to be recited after the celebration of
the Mass. Pope Pius XI asked the faithful to pray it for the restoration
of religious freedom in Russia, and it was popularly tied to the
Fatima prayer intention of the conversion of Russia whose "errors"
were spreading throughout the world. Since the Soviet Union was
the first country to legalize abortion, we can rightly see in
the modern abortion industry an extension of the "errors" of atheistic
communism.
Although no longer obligatory, since 1965, an increasing number
of parishes and individuals are going back to praying to Saint
Michael after Mass. Pope John Paul II himself urged the faithful
in 1994 "...to recite it to obtain help in the battle against
the forces of darkness and against the spirit of this world."
Human Life International is convinced that invoking Saint Michael's
protection is necessary in the Church's victory over the satanic
attacks against innocent human life that characterize our modern
world. Please join us in reciting the Saint Michael Prayer with
the intention of respect for human life from conception to natural
death and the conversion of abortionists. We are distributing
free prayer cards which can be ordered in English, Spanish, French,
Italian or Portuguese. (Click
here)
We also ask you to sign our petition to re-establish the universal
practice of saying the Saint Michael Prayer after Mass. (Click
here) It would be most appropriate for the Holy Father to
ask Catholics everywhere to unite in a powerful prayer to cast
out the greatest evil of our times, the slaughter of almost two
billion innocent children whose blood cries out to heaven.
Saint Michael, guardian and defender of the Church of Jesus Christ,
Pray for us!
Yours in Christ,
Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer
President, Human Life International
