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- This fast kept by St. Francis runs from the Solemnity of the Assumption (August 15) and ends on the feast of St. Michael (September 29). Similar to Lent that occurs before the feast of Easter, it excludes all Sundays. It was during this fast that St. Francis received the stigmata, the holy wounds of Jesus Christ.
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5 days ago · Saint Michael’s Lent is a traditional observance of prayer and fasting practiced from the feast of the Assumption on Aug. 15 to Michaelmas Day, now known as the feast of the Archangels on Sept. 29.
1 day ago · Much like a ‘mini-Lent,’ the devotion lasts 40 days (excluding Sundays). This period of prayer, fasting, and penance begins on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Aug. 15) and ends on the feast of St. Michael (Sept. 29.)
Sep 16, 2024 · During the St. Michael’s Lent fast, according to Bonaventure, Francis received the stigmata — “in his hands and feet the marks of the nails” of Jesus and on his right side a ruddy, bleeding scar, “as if it had been pierced by a lance.”
Similar to Lent before Easter, St. Michael’s Lent is a 40-day period of prayer and penance that begins on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) and ends on the feast of the Holy Archangels: St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael (September 29).
Saint Michael's Lent is a period of fasting observed in the Catholic Church, from the Feast of the Assumption on August 15 to Michaelmas (the feast of St Michael) on September 29, excluding Sundays. [1] According to Bonaventure, St. Michael's Lent originates in Franciscan tradition. [2]
Aug 14, 2019 · Similar to Lent that occurs before the feast of Easter, it excludes all Sundays. It was during this fast that St. Francis received the stigmata , the holy wounds of Jesus Christ.
“St. Michael’s Lent” is a beautiful devotion in honor of St. Michael the Archangel. It is a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance—a miniature Lent, you might say—that runs from the Feast of the Assumption on August 15th to the great archangel’s feast day on September 29th.
