Rosary month of October 2018 ~ Pope Francis

Pope Francis has asked all Catholics to pray the rosary daily during the month of October, asking Mother Mary and St. Michael the Archangel to intercede for the protection of the Church in a moment of "spiritual turbulence."

The Pope asked the world’s Catholics to conclude their praying of the rosary during October with two special prayers, the ancient “Sub Tuum Praesidium” (“Beneath thy protection”) and the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, written in 1886 by Pope Leo XIII.

The Vatican explained that in asking for the Mother of God’s intercession, he hoped that she would “place the Church beneath her protective mantle: to preserve her from the attacks by the devil, the great accuser.”

Sub Tuum Praesidium

(Beneath thy protection)

We fly to Thy protection, 

O Holy Mother of God. 

Do not despise our petitions in our necessities, 

but deliver us always from all dangers, 

O Glorious and Blessed Virgin. 

Amen. 

Prayer to St. Michael

Saint Michael 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 through the world 

seeking the ruin of souls. 

Amen.