Former President Donald Trump posted a traditional prayer to St. Michael the Archangel on Sept. 29, provoking a wide range of reactions. Sept. 29 is when Catholics worldwide celebrate the Feast of St. Michael, originally called Michaelmas.
The post on X followed Trump’s Sept. 8 post celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary.
Catholic priest Father Gerald Murray told The Epoch Times that even though the former president is not Catholic, his message was “most welcome.”
“God bless him, and God bless our country,” he said.
Christian devotion to St. Michael dates back to the 5th century A.D., and Michaelmas was a very popular holiday in the Middle Ages, according to St. Michael’s Abbey in Southern California….