The first fact we learn concerning this great Prince of Heaven is that in
	the mighty combat which took place in Heaven, when the bad angels fell
	away from their allegiance to God, St. Michael sounded his war cry:
	Quis ut Deus?



		WHO IS LIKE GOD?  Joined by the good Angels, St. Michael 
		drove Satan and his legions from heaven and plunged them
		into the depths of Hell.


	Next, we hear his praises from no less an authority than St. Gabriel the 
	Archangel, who speaking to the prophet Daniel, says:  "Michael, one of the 
	chief princes" (Daniel, 10:13), "Michael, your prince" (10:21) and 
	Michael.... the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people.(12:1)



	St. Thomas says of him: "Michael is the breath of the Redeemer's spirit,
	who at the End of the World will combat and destroy Antichrist, as he did 
	Lucifer in the beginning."

	St. Michael was the protector and defender of God's chosen people.  Now he
	is the defender of the Church and of all the Faithful, whom he defends 
	against the constant assaults of the devil.

	He is invoked in sickness and most especially at the hour of death, when his 
	all-powerful help is so much needed, for then it is that Satan makes his last
	and fiercest attack on the Christian soul, seeking with craft and cunning, 
	with fears and despair, to drag it down to Hell.

	In the prayers traditionally said by the priest and peple after Mass, there
	is a special and beautiful prayer to St. Michael, imploring his help for the 
	Church.  It runs as noted above.

	We should make it a sacred duty to join fervently in this important
	prayer,  repeating it often each day.

	In our morning and evening prayers, too, we invoke St. Michael when saying
	the Confiteor.  This we should try to do with more devotion and confidence.  
	Many do not even think of what they are saying when they recite 
	these prayers!

	We all must die, and we all must be prepared for the fierce attacks of the
	devil at that dreadful hour.  Hence, every Christian should make sure of 
	having St. Michael's help at the hour of death.  This we can do by being 
	devoted to the great Archangel during our lives.