Based on the first two posts this week, I guess it's Religion Week on This Man Must Be Stopped.
In 'Gangs of New York', both Liam Neeson and Leonardo DiCaprio say a prayer before doing some street fighting, which I thought was a great touch. It put me in mind of 'Pulp Fiction', where Jules thought that Ezekiel 25:17 was a cold thing to say before popping a cap in someone.
The prayer used in 'Gangs' is called the Prayer to Saint Michael. Here's the English version:
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host —
by the Divine Power of God —
cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.
And, since it's Catholic-originated, the original is in Latin:
Sancte Michael Archangele,
defende nos in proelio.
contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium.
Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur:
tuque, Princeps militiae coelestis,
Satanam aliosque spiritus malignos,
qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo,
divina virtute, in infernum detrude.
Somehow, things always sound much more impressive in Latin, in the same way that things sound more romantic in French, or how anything in German sounds like you're under arrest for crimes against the fatherland.
The prayer was reportedly composed by pope Leo XIII, who liked it so much he said...
It's Popetastic!
Don't believe him? The dude was officially infallible, so it's no use arguing.
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