{"id":16128,"date":"2018-07-09T15:40:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T19:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=16128"},"modified":"2018-07-09T16:28:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T20:28:51","slug":"variances-in-the-saint-michael-the-archangel-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2018\/07\/variances-in-the-saint-michael-the-archangel-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Variances in the Saint Michael the Archangel Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the trends I noticed over the last decade or so is how the recitation of the prayer of Saint Michael the Archangel is happening in more and more parishes in my diocese. Previously I found it was uncommon that it was recited after Mass. Now I find it is uncommon that it is not recited. Now this is totally anecdotal and I have of course not canvassed all the parishes in my diocese. Still it is something I noticed and I was wondering if others have seen this trend also?<\/p>\n

Today I was thinking about this as the priest recited it after Mass. The part though I was thinking of was the variance in translations of this prayer in English.<\/p>\n

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our ________ against the wickedness and snares of the devil.<\/p>\n

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  1. Safeguard.<\/li>\n
  2. Defense<\/li>\n
  3. Protection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In three different parishes there are three different translation word choices. So I have learned to adapt between where I go to daily Mass and weekend Mass to say the same word with everyone else. So of course when I went to the Basilica today they used another word.<\/p>\n

    Now I understand translation differences, but what I find interesting is that as far as I have notices every other word in the prayer is the same in each version. It is just this one word that has variances. Off the top of my head I can\u2019t think of another common prayer in English with such variances.<\/p>\n

    Update: Other variances pointed out to me:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. cast\/thrust<\/li>\n
    2. prowl\/wander<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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