2024-09-29 00:00:00
Every September 29, the Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Angels Michael, Raphael and Gabriel. Their names always remain engraved on the souls of Christians because of their greatness and their obedience to God’s will.
We know Michael, Raphael and Gabriel well because they are mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, each of them carrying out some vital mission, under divine leadership, within the history of salvation.
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(At the end of this note are some articles of the Catechism of the Catholic Church concerning the nature of angels).
Names of Angels
Saint Michael the Archangel is the one who commands the armies of heaven. The name “Michael” in Hebrew means “Who is like God!” (sometimes the exclamation is seen as a question); an expression that shows God’s omnipotence, as well as his infinite love and justice. His name is the war cry that emerges triumphantly in the battle against the Adversary, Satan, and his court of fallen angels.
“Rafael”, for his part, means “God heals” or “God creates health”. Saint Raphael is the archangel friend of walkers and pilgrims; He is also a physician to those who are sick.
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Finally, “Gabriel” means “fortune of God.” Saint Gabriel was entrusted with the mission of announcing to the Virgin Mary that she was the one chosen to be the Mother of the Saviour.
God wanted to reveal his power to us through the Holy Archangels
In one of his addresses, Pope Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604), Father and Doctor of the Church, suggests that God wanted to reveal the personal names of these three archangels as a way of knowing “what specific? a mission for which we are sent.” In this way, it is possible to go to them in specific situations, according to the power that God has given to each of them.
On September 29, 2017, Pope Francis said, on the occasion of celebrating the holiday today: «Today we celebrate the day of these three archangels because they played an important role in the history of salvation. And we commemorate these three because they also play an important role in our path to salvation.
Miguel, Rafael and Gabriel, watch the children of the Church!
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Catechical note:
The following text was removed Catechism of the Catholic Church (number. 328-330):
In The angels
The existence of angels, the truth of faith
328 It is a fact of faith that there are spiritual, incorporeal beings, which the Holy Scriptures usually call angels. The testimony of Scripture is as clear as the unanimity of Tradition.
Who are the angels
329 St. Augustine says of them: Angel is a name of office, not of nature. You ask the name of this kind, it is spirit; you ask duty, he is an angel: from what he is, he is a spirit, from what he does, an angel (“The name angel indicates his office, not his nature. If you ask about his nature, I will tell you that he is a spirit; if you ask what he does, I will tell you that he is an angel”) (Tell in the Psalm103, 1, 15). And all of them, the angels are God’s servants and messengers. Because they “constantly think of the face of my Father who is in heaven” (Mt 18, 10), that “they are agents of his commands, attentive to the voice of his words” (Sal 103, 20).
330 As purely spiritual creatures, they have intellect and will: they are personal creatures (cf. Pius XII, enc. Of mankind: DS 3891) and deaths (cf Lk 20, 36). They surpass all visible creatures in perfection. This is evidence of the brightness of his glory (cf. Dn 10, 9-12).
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If you want to know more about angels, we recommend the following article from the Catholic Encyclopedia: https://ec.aciprensa.com/wiki/%C3%81ngeles.
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