Catholic devotional season
St. Michael’s Lent
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Prayer source
Later devotional witness. An earlier printed edition for this prayer text is not yet verified.
The daily prayer sequence is recorded from a modern devotional website. Its wording has not been verified in an older printed edition. The older historical source below describes St. Francis’s devotion and forty-day fast in honor of St. Michael; it does not establish that this modern prayer sequence was composed or used by him. This page corrects the witness website’s September 30 feast date to September 29.
- Intercede: St. Michael’s Lent prayer sequence
- St. Bonaventure, The Life of St. Francis, chapters IX.3 and XIII (E. Gurney Salter translation, 1904)
- With God (1911), calendar of saints
- What it is
- A daily prayer guide for St. Michael’s Lent, from August 15 through September 29, with 46 calendar days of prayer.
- Often prayed for
- Prayed for protection in spiritual battle, perseverance in prayer, and deeper devotion to God.
- Current season
- August 15 through September 29, 2026. The daily prayer tracker includes Sundays.
- Length
- 46 days
- Feast
- September 29
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About This Novena
St. Michael’s Lent is a longer season of prayer and penance that asks for a steadier soul, deeper devotion, and protection in spiritual battle.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for spiritual warfare, penance, growing closer to God, Our Lady, and St. Michael.
Usual timing
August 15 through September 29
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Opening Prayer for the Devotion
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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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 through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Queen of Angels, pray for us.
St. Michael, pray for us.
St. Michael filled with the wisdom of God, pray for us.
St. Michael, perfect adorer of the Incarnate Word, pray for us.
St. Michael, victor over Satan, pray for us.
St. Michael, splendor and fortress of the Church Militant, pray for us.
St. Michael, our most sure aid, pray for us.
St. Michael, our help in all adversities, pray for us.
Continue with the St. Michael prayers, litany, and penitential practice appointed for this day.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
About this devotion
What are the dates of St. Michael’s Lent?
The devotional season runs from the Assumption on August 15 through the feast of St. Michael on September 29. Those dates span 46 calendar days, including both endpoints.
Why does a forty-day devotion have 46 prayer days here?
The historical account describes a forty-day fast. This website provides a daily prayer tracker for the full August 15 through September 29 period, including Sundays. Its 46 entries count calendar days of prayer, not required fasting days.
Is this a nine-day novena or a rule of fasting?
It is an extended devotional prayer sequence in the novena library. The progress tracker is a reading aid and sets no fasting obligation. If you wish to undertake a penitential observance, discuss what is suitable with your confessor.
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About this novena
Description
St. Michael’s Lent is a longer season of prayer and penance that asks for a steadier soul, deeper devotion, and protection in spiritual battle.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
spiritual warfare, penance, growing closer to God, Our Lady, St. Michael
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for spiritual warfare, penance, growing closer to God, Our Lady, and St. Michael.
Usual timing
August 15 through September 29
Saint Michael the Archangel, Ignacio de Ries