What Is St. Michael’s Lent?


St. Michael’s Lent is our chance to fight back as one Catholic Church. Not fight back with screams and arguments but by living the beatitudes. It is a chance, like Lent, to quiet ourselves, deny ourselves, and silently pose the question to those around us “Who is like God?”

Though St. Michael’s Lent has begun a resurgence, it is still unknown to the majority of Catholics. A term given to the period between the Assumption, August 15, and the feast of St. Michael, September 29 by St. Francis of Assisi, St. Michael’s Lent is another period in the year to devote to prayer and fasting. 

St. Michael’s Lent? August 15 -September 29

St. Michael’s Lent is our chance to fight back as one Catholic Church. Not fight back with screams and arguments but by living the beatitudes. It is a chance, like Lent, to quiet ourselves, deny ourselves, and silently pose the question to those around us “Who is like God?”

So how do you practice a devotion that isn’t widely observed or rigidly structured? Don’t overthink it. Give something up, add to or strengthen your prayer routine, abstain from meat on Fridays if you don’t already, find some devotional reading that helps you meditate on the Cross. All of these are good places to start, but to make it more personal, consider what you did in spring? Can you add to your Lenten sacrifice or improve it? Is it time to start praying the Liturgy of the Hours?
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