July 08, 2007         In  the Tridentine Mass since the 1200s, St. Michael was invoked in the  Confiteor, along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptizer and  Saints Peter and Paul; the invocation of these saints inspired the  faithful to remember the call to holiness and the sinlessness of the  Church Triumphant in Heaven. For the greater part of this  century, the faithful recited the prayer to St. Michael at the end of  the Mass. Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903) had a prophetic vision of the coming  century of sorrow and war. After celebrating Mass, the Holy Father was  conferring with his cardinals. Suddenly, he fell to the floor. The  cardinals immediately called for a doctor. No pulse was detected, and  the Holy Father was feared dead. Just as suddenly, Pope Leo awoke and  said, "What a horrible picture I was permitted to see!" In this vision,  God gave Satan the choice of one century in which to do his worst work  against the Church. The devil chose the twentieth ce...