As a young lad I was obsessed with St. Michael the Archangel. So much so that I chose Michael as my confirmation name.
I recited the prayer to St. Michael after every mass:
"Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen."
Recently I noticed that this prayer is used by Martin Scorsese in the opening scene of "Gangs of New York".
Imagine my dismay when I read this:
NEW YORK (AP) ― A 15th-century sculpture at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has been damaged after it came loose from its moorings and fell to the floor.
The museum says the damaged piece is a terracotta sculpture of Saint Michael the Archangel by Andrea della Robbia.
It fell late Monday night or early Tuesday. It had been hanging over a doorway in the European Paintings and Decorative Arts Galleries since 1996.
