Just when we thought disgruntled liberal Catholics couldn’t find any more Church practices to take issue with, America Magazine has delivered. But this time it’s the strangest target.
An associate editor at the liberal Jesuit magazine recently brought his personal liturgical angst to X, decrying — of all things — the Prayer to St. Michael. Often said at the end of Mass, the prayer asks the intercession of the archangel Michael against the “wickedness and snares of the Devil.”
The devotion is viewed by Catholics as a prayer of protection, asking God to defeat the demons who wander the world and seek its destruction.
But the sentiment expressing hatred for the Devil — the Father of Lies — is apparently too strong for this editor, who wrote, “I cannot express how much I dislike the St. Michael Prayer after Mass. it [sic] is so, so jarring to me every time.”
I wouldn’t think to describe a prayer commonly recited at Mass as a sudden or extremely uncomfortable shock — but I digress.
I cannot express how much I dislike the St. Michael Prayer after Mass. it is so, so jarring to me every time.
To say nothing of the intent/content of the prayer, the language, and repetition and prominence given to it breed a sense of paranoia and cynicism. Instead of going out… https://t.co/ASuJJbxS3m
— Zac Davis (@zacdayvis) June 24, 2026
The editor continues: “To say nothing of the intent/content of the prayer, the language, and repetition and prominence given to it breed a sense of paranoia and cynicism. Instead of going out to evangelize the world, everyone is ready to go to war with it.”
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