Seven77 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Novena prayers posted by Lil Red [url="http://phorum.phatmass.com/index.php?act=calendar&code=showevent&eventid=216"]http://phorum.phatmass.com/index.php?act=c...ent&eventid=216[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 wooooooohooooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Did you know September 29 is sometimes refered to as "Michaelmas"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted September 23, 2004 Author Share Posted September 23, 2004 St. Michael kicks demonic---i guess they dont have those. but you get the idea. St. Michael is awesome.. so is St. Gabriel cuz he announced to the New Eve that she would be crushing satan's head. St. Rapael is powerful against evil too like its recorded in Tobit...and defender of the sanctity of marriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted September 25, 2004 Author Share Posted September 25, 2004 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Who else has an Archangel confirmation name? Mine is St. Michael the Archangel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 i have ccd on this day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 [quote name='thedude' date='Sep 24 2004, 11:02 PM'] Who else has an Archangel confirmation name? Mine is St. Michael the Archangel. [/quote] St. Raphael the Archangel Actually, my older brother has St. Michael and my younger brother has St. Gabriel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted September 27, 2004 Author Share Posted September 27, 2004 hey that's really cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmjag06 Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 My mother's birthday is on the 29th.... and mine is on Oct. 2nd -- the feast of guardian angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSoror Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 I'll have to remember this... my school's mascot is the Archangels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 As I contemplated today’s readings and the feast of Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, I reflected on the role of the angels at the Annunciation, the news of Jesus’ resurrection and the struggle of the good and bad angels in heaven. However, I also recalled that as a child I daily recited the ‘Angel of God’ prayer. I found myself drawn to the simple, yet powerful words of the prayer: “Angel of God, my guardian dear,” – an acknowledgement that God is present as my guardian through an angel/messenger/guide of God; “…to whom God's love commits me here,” – As a child, I had thought of God rounding up angels and sending one off with each of us as we are born into this world; however, the prayer suggests that each of us is entrusted to a particular angel…God actually pairs us up with a special God presence/angel; “…ever this day (night), be at my side to light and guard, to rule and guide.” Our special angel/God presence is with us 24/7, present to help us, remind us of what it means to be made in God’s image, to remind us that we are treasured by our loving Creator…and ready to usher us into God’s loving embrace at the end of our life on earth. Rather than a mythical, sappy New Age image of virtuous, adorable cherubs , the scriptural idea of angels is an integral and important part of our Judeo-Christian tradition. They appear many times in the Jewish and Christian scriptures…as God’s presence, helper, rescuer, messenger and consolation. Today’s readings emphasize the constant presence of angels attending to God. Yet, our tradition reminds us that angels are our companions, messengers of God, and a holy-calming God presence to us. Today is a good time to turn our attention to the angels in our lives…both those that we can see and those that accompany us, sight unseen. Are we able to respond/recognize God’s special presence among us so that we can intentionally become God messengers/companions to others? Possibly God’s angels are here to help us better sacramentalize – “make holy-make God real” in our day, the events, and for/with the people in our lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 (edited) This is great stuff!. I am going to be perfectly honest with you all. Before this was posted. I Was not framiliar with the Gabriel and Raphael prayers at all.. Nor did I know a whole lot about those Angels themselves.. I just didnt "think" to look at them until I Seen this posted and I am glad I did! Even though I been Catholic about 12years, I still got so much to learn yet. I am loving it though Edited September 29, 2004 by Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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