Defend us in battle

St. Michael the Archangel features in Scripture as follows:

Daniel 12:1
"At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people;
It shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since nations began until that time.
At that time your people shall escape, everyone who is found written in the book.

Jude 1:9
Yet the archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil in a dispute over the body of Moses, did not venture to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

Rev. 12:7
Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back...

We pray on this day for protection from the forces of evil.