"Whenever anyone exasperates you, even to the point of making you angry, the way to regain peace of soul is to pray for that person and to ask God to reward her for giving you an opportunity to suffer." - St. Thérèse of Lisieux
I cannot express how much I dislike the St. Michael Prayer after Mass. it is so, so jarring to me every time.
To say nothing of the intent/content of the prayer, the language, and repetition and prominence given to it breed a sense of paranoia and cynicism. Instead of going out to evangelize the world, everyone is ready to go to war with it.
This prayer is totally fine in private devotion. It does not belong in the liturgy (or effectively within the liturgy, when it is said after the final blessing but before the recessional hymn)
Satan will never tempt you to worship a golden calf—he will tempt you to think that the meaningless soccer game is more important than Jesus Christ. https://t.co/FofYjbhMbI via @CrisisMag
@catholicpat We aren’t teaching the kids WHY it is important to be Catholic. The diocesan materials are boring and trite. Teach them the tough things and arm them against indifference.
@UScrimeReview@yonann My sister was in sorority with his daughters. While he was telling regular middle class people to make their kids pay for their own college, his kids were making like $50 per hour working for him (back when minimum was was like $5/hr).