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St. Michael’s Lent: A Quiet Season of Strength
Have you ever heard of St. Michael’s Lent?
It’s a traditional Catholic practice of prayer and penance that runs from the Feast of the Assumption (August 15) to the Feast of the Archangels on September 29—also known as Michaelmas. It’s not an official Church season like the Lent before Easter, but a private devotion that goes back to St. Francis of Assisi.
St. Francis used to spend these 40 days in prayer and fasting to honor both Our Lady and St.... moreSt. Michael’s Lent: A Quiet Season of Strength
Have you ever heard of St. Michael’s Lent?
It’s a traditional Catholic practice of prayer and penance that runs from the Feast of the Assumption (August 15) to the Feast of the Archangels on September 29—also known as Michaelmas. It’s not an official Church season like the Lent before Easter, but a private devotion that goes back to St. Francis of Assisi.
St. Francis used to spend these 40 days in prayer and fasting to honor both Our Lady and St. Michael the Archangel. During one of these times on Mount La Verna in 1224, he received the stigmata—the wounds of Christ.
People who observe St. Michael’s Lent often:
• Pray the St. Michael Prayer each day
• Choose one simple, doable penance (like giving up a habit or spending less time online)
• Go to Confession and try to get to Mass more often
It’s a way of asking St. Michael, the great defender of God’s people, for help in the daily battles of faith and life. Even though the 2026 season has already ended, the tradition continues each year as a reminder that we’re not alone in the fight.
Who is like God?
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Je Suis Prest!
CAA Patricia Fraser
Priory of St. Michael the Archangel
Fides Et Veritas
Saint Michael the Archangel: Six Times He Came to Earth, and What Each Visit Cost is a 34-minute documentary from the Hidden Halos channel (uploaded August 19, 2026). It traces six reported apparitions of St. Michael across about 14 centuries, drawing from Church tradition, sanctuary records, and scholarship while distinguishing verified history from later legend. 
The six accounts
Monte Gargano, Italy (c. 490)
A landowner shoots an arrow at a bull in a mountain cave; the arrow turns in mid-... moreSaint Michael the Archangel: Six Times He Came to Earth, and What Each Visit Cost is a 34-minute documentary from the Hidden Halos channel (uploaded August 19, 2026). It traces six reported apparitions of St. Michael across about 14 centuries, drawing from Church tradition, sanctuary records, and scholarship while distinguishing verified history from later legend. 
The six accounts
Monte Gargano, Italy (c. 490)
A landowner shoots an arrow at a bull in a mountain cave; the arrow turns in mid-air and wounds him. Bishop Lorenzo of Siponto fasts and prays. Michael appears, claims the cave as his sanctuary, and later directs a timed attack that lifts a siege. When the bishop finally enters, an altar and a footprint are already there. The Sanctuary of Monte Sant’Angelo remains a major pilgrimage site.
Rome during the plague (590)
Pope Gregory (later Gregory the Great) leads processions. A figure of light is seen sheathing a sword above Hadrian’s Mausoleum. The plague recedes. The site becomes Castel Sant’Angelo. The written account appears centuries later, so the details are treated as tradition rather than contemporary report.
Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy (708)
Bishop Aubert of Avranches receives three visions instructing him to build an oratory on the tidal island. He delays twice. On the third visit Michael is said to have pierced his skull. Aubert’s skull, with a hole, is still displayed in Avranches. Construction of the famous abbey follows.
San Miguel del Milagro, Mexico (1631)
Seventeen-year-old Diego Lázaro, a recent indigenous convert, sees Michael during a procession and is told of a healing spring. Afraid no one will believe him, he stays silent, falls ill with fever, and is healed by Michael, who then leads him to the spring. After further illness he delivers the message. A shrine is established; Diego dies at 20 and is buried there. Contemporary investigations and the surviving spring are better documented than some of the earlier European stories.
Pope Leo XIII (1880s)
During Mass the pope is said to have seen demonic spirits over Rome. He composes the Prayer to St. Michael, which was recited after Low Mass worldwide until 1964. The core fact of the prayer’s composition is solid; the dramatic vision details are second-hand and later embellished.
The video’s epilogue frames the stories around hesitation, obedience, and the cost of delay or silence rather than spectacular miracles
https://youtu.be/Mh5mVCBcjiA?is=bzH8TLmUWpVHdpf3
The Knights Templar greatly revered Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was considered the Order’s patroness. Bernard the Clairvaux, the spiritual godfather of the Knights Templar, was a one of the most devout Marianists in the history of the Catholic Church. It is no coincidence that the Knights’ Templar prayers during their imprisonment contained the words “May Mary, Star of the Sea, lead us to the harbor of salvation.”
Salve Regina drawn from the Latin rite used in Jerusalem, associated ... moreThe Knights Templar greatly revered Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was considered the Order’s patroness. Bernard the Clairvaux, the spiritual godfather of the Knights Templar, was a one of the most devout Marianists in the history of the Catholic Church. It is no coincidence that the Knights’ Templar prayers during their imprisonment contained the words “May Mary, Star of the Sea, lead us to the harbor of salvation.”
Salve Regina drawn from the Latin rite used in Jerusalem, associated with the Holy Sepulchre in the Crusader period. It is not a unique Templar composition. The antiphon itself is older — commonly linked to Hermann of Reichenau in the 11th century, later taken up at Cluny and among the Cistercians. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who gave the Order its spiritual charter, was a fierce Marian and helped spread the Salve. The Templars inherited that devotion: Mary as patroness, Stella Maris, advocate for men who lived between chapel and battlefield.
https://youtu.be/uZT5Hy-i7C8?is=0OWiKsf5JASfo7Q6
THE PARCHMENT OF CHINON – THE ABSOLUTION OF POPE CLEMENT V OF THE LEADING MEMBERS OF THE TEMPLAR ORDER
Chinon, Diocese of Tours, 1308 August 17th-20th
Original document formed by a large parchment folio (700x580mm), initially provided with the hanging seals of the three papal legates who formed the special Apostolic Commission ad inquirendum appointed by Clement V: Bérenger Frédol, Cardinal Priest of the titular church of the Most Holy Nereus and Achilleus and nephew of the pope, Étienne de... moreTHE PARCHMENT OF CHINON – THE ABSOLUTION OF POPE CLEMENT V OF THE LEADING MEMBERS OF THE TEMPLAR ORDER
Chinon, Diocese of Tours, 1308 August 17th-20th
Original document formed by a large parchment folio (700x580mm), initially provided with the hanging seals of the three papal legates who formed the special Apostolic Commission ad inquirendum appointed by Clement V: Bérenger Frédol, Cardinal Priest of the titular church of the Most Holy Nereus and Achilleus and nephew of the pope, Étienne de Suisy, cardinal priest of St. Cyriac in Thermis, Landolfo Brancacci, cardinal deacon of St. Angelo. In a reasonable state, even though there are some big violaceous stains, caused by bacterial attack. The original one came along with a plain copy still kept at the Vatican Secret Archives, with the reference Archivum Arcis, Armarium D 218.
ASV, Archivum Arcis, Arm. D 217
The document contains the absolution Pope Clement V gave to the Grand Master of the Temple, friar Jacques de Molay and to the other heads of the Order, after they had shown to be repented and asked to be forgiven by the Church; after the formal abjuration, which is compelling for all those who were even only suspected of heretical crimes, the leading members of the Templar Order are reinstated in the Catholic Communion and readmitted to receive the sacraments. The document, which belongs to the first phase of the trial against the Templars, when Pope Clement V was still convinced to be able to guarantee the survival of the military-religious order, meets the apostolic need to remove the shame of excommunication from the warrior friars, caused by their previous denial of Jesus Christ when tortured by the French Inquisitor. As several contemporary sources confirm, the pope ascertained that Templars were involved in some serious forms of immorality and he planned a radical reform of the order to subsequently merge it into one body with the other important military-religious order of the Hospitallers. The Act of Chinon, a requirement to carry out the reform, remained however a dead letter. The French Monarchy reacted by initiating a real blackmail mechanism, which would have then obliged Clement V to take a final decision during the Council of Vienna (1312): unable to oppose the will of the King of France, Phillip the Fair, who ordered the elimination of the Templars, the Pope, heard the opinion of the Council Fathers, and decided to abolish the Order «con norma irreformabile e perpetua» (bull Vox in excelso, 22nd March 1312). Clement V however stated that this suffered decision did not amount to an act of heretic condemnation, which could not be reached on the basis of the various inquiries carried out in the years prior to the Council. As a matter of fact, a regular trail would have been required in order to pass a sentence, including also the statement of the defensive position of the Order. But, according to the pontiff, the scandal aroused by the shameful accusations against the Templars (heresy, idolatry, homosexuality and obscene behaviour) would have dissuaded anyone, from wearing the templar habit and on the other hand, a delay on a decision regarding these issues would have produced the squandering of the great wealth the Christians had offered to the Order, charged with the duty to help fight against the enemies of the Faith in the Holy Land. The attentive consideration of these dangers, together with the pressure of the French, convinced the Pope to abolish the Order of the Knights of the Temple, just like had happened in the past for much more important religious orders and for much less important reasons.
Priory of the Holy Trinity
Dieu Avec Nou