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THREAD-THE HOLY ARCHANGELS
The Archangels, for Dionysius the Areopagite, are very high angelic hierarchies with specific tasks, including: serving God, contemplating his face, singing his praises incessantly, fight against Satan until his final defeat and help man by bringing
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him the messages of God & defeat the suggestions of evil, to lead him back, after his earthly death, to God.
With Leo XIII at the end of every Mass (until the last Council) the priest prayed in this way: Saint Michael the archangel, defend us in the battle; be our help against
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The wickedness and the snare of the devil. You command over him, Lord, and you, prince of the heavenly hosts, sink into hell, with your divine power, Satan and all the other evil spirits who roam the world for the perdition of souls». That prayer, placed at a strategic moment
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In the liturgy, when the faithful are about to pass from the solemnity of the rite to its concrete translation into the hustle and bustle of daily life, testified to the very ancient tradition of the cult of the archangel Saint Michael. But even earlier in the Jewish people
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Which had elected him as protector. A widespread devotion and ancient, which has at least three important & evocative reference centers: the church of San Michele del Gargano, in Puglia (I've been there. Stunning), the famous sanctuary of Mont Saint Michel, in France, and the
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"Sacra di San Michele", in Piedmont, at the mouth of the Vai di Susa.
Michael is the protector, the archangel warrior, prince of the celestial militia, adversary of Satan and of the angels who rebelled against God, and who had won the battle cry: «Who is like God?» which is
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Also the meaning of his name in the Hebrew language (Mi-Ka-El). It's in the act of piercing the defeated devil, that is often depicted in the most beautiful images.
Genesis (the first book of the Bible) does not name the angel placed by God to guard the earthly paradise,
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After the expulsion of Adam and Eve, guilty of having eaten the fateful forbidden apple. Someone wanted to see, in the stern guardian wielding a flaming sword, the archangel Michael, but that's impossible since that angel, as said by the Genesis itself, was a Cherubim, while
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Michael is a Seraphim. The evangelist John describe how Michael & his angels plunge the great red dragon with seven heads & ten horns, into the abyss; the same devil with all his angels & all those who refused God's eternal happiness will be thrown in the lake of fire & sulfur
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Forever.
In our life Michael is the angel who is close to us in the small and large daily battles against the suggestions of evil, against those forces that want to slide us into the vortex of perversion and sin and that, at the end of life, will guide us (This is also a task
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That tradition assigns him) at the moment of death & then being at our side, lawyer, on the Last Day. Thanks to his tenacity in fighting the evil one, Michael is considered the protector from all evil.
St Alphonus wrote that devotion to him is sign of eternal safety.
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Gabriel, strength of God (this means his name), is the messenger angel "Par excellence". The most sensational embassy was given to Mary, the young betrothed of the carpenter of Nazareth, Joseph, to announce to her that the Messiah would mysteriously become flesh in her womb,
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The Almighty God, baby in her & she would have been his mom
This is the most high announce given by an angel.
The human nature assumed by the Son of God is real! The second Person of the Holy Trinity will ALWAYS, for all eternity, be true God & true man: our Lord Jesus Christ
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God thus enter time & history in a new way. These are his words: Rejoice, full of grace: The Lord is with you...
You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus" (Luke 1, 28/31)
Kaire kecharitomene ho Kyrios meta sou: these words were to become so
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All true faithful in Jesus Christ: this is the name with whom GOD called Mary, through the holy archangels Gabriel.
Before of that, Gabriel had appeared to the prophet Daniel to reveal to him the number of weeks dividing his time from the coming of the Messiah, and the number
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Of weeks separating the coming of the Messiah from his death
He appeared then to the elder priest Zechariah to announce the birth of John the Baptist: Your wife Elizabeth will give you a son, who you will call John [...]. he will bring many the children of Israel again
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To the LORD their God. He will walk before him with the spirit and strength of Elijah [...] to prepare a well-disposed people for the Lord».
Luke 1, 13 / 17
Gabriel’s missions ended in Nazareth, in the house of Mary.His proclamation opens the era of incarnation on earth: of
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This great reality Gabriel was enthusiastic & blessed messenger. The Annunciation proclaimed this humble messenger of the Lord, the protector of the children.

Last but not for importance, Raphael, who in Hebrew means «God heals», is the archangel who, in the form of a
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Young man, accompanies Tobiulus, commissioned by his father, the old & blind Tobias, to go & collect a credit of ten talents of silver & to take his wife. A long journey from Assyria to Rages; the young Tobiolo could hardly have completed if he had not had Raphael beside him
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To save him from a lot of trouble. Everything ends well: Tobiolo collects the money & for the intermediation of Raphael marries Sara, the beautiful & virtuous daughter of Rachel (she couldn't find a man: her previous 7 men were killed by the devil Asmodeo, who Raphael chases
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& tie in the desert) & when he had returned home, he gave his father sight, anointing his eyes with the gall of a dangerous fish that had threatened his life on the Tigris.
The Bible describes Raphael as a beautiful young man, with scanty clothing, that is, as like a traveler
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Who needs free legs to get the fastest pace. For this reason Raphael is invoked as protector of those who in life must face long and uncertain journeys but he is also the protector of young people & spouse.
PRAYER:
Heavenly King, You have given us archangels to assist us
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During our pilgrimage on earth.
Saint Michael is our protector;
I ask him to come to my aid,
fight for all my loved ones,
and protect us from danger.
Saint Gabriel is a messenger of the Good News;
I ask him to help me clearly hear Your voice
and to teach me the truth.
Saint
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Raphael: healing angel
I ask him to take my need for healing & that of everyone I know
lift it up to Your throne of grace,
deliver us back to the gift of recovery
Help us Lord to realize more fully the reality of archangels & their desire to serve us. Holy angels, pray for us
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I have written with great pleasure this thread, I love these archangels! If you have read so far, please: pray the archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael that they grant me a grace that is very close to my heart. Thank you. Trust them, you won’t be disappointed.
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