Posted on 09/29/2013 6:34:45 PM PDT by ebb tide
“O Glorious Prince of the heavenly host, St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in the battle and in the terrible warfare that we are waging against the principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, against the evil spirits. Come to the aid of man, whom Almighty God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of Satan.
“Fight this day the battle of the Lord, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in Heaven. That cruel, ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold, this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the name of God and of His Christ, to seize upon, slay and cast into eternal perdition souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. This wicked dragon pours out, as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity.
“These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where the See of Holy Peter and the Chair of Truth has been set up as the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck, the sheep may be.
“Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious power of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly find mercy in the sight of the Lord; and vanquishing the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. Amen. V. Behold the Cross of the Lord; be scattered ye hostile powers. R. The Lion of the tribe of Judah has conquered the root of David. V. Let Thy mercies be upon us, O Lord. R. As we have hoped in Thee. V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto Thee.
Let us pray. O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon Thy holy Name, and as supplicants, we implore Thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin Immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious St. Michael the Archangel, Thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all the other unclean spirits who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of souls. Amen.”
Some words for you to search out.
The 3 Powers of the Soul The 4 Pillars of the Catholic Faith
The 3 Pillars of the Church’s Authority
The 3 Munera (Duties of the Ordained)
The 3 Parts of the Church
The 4 Marks of the Church
The 12 Apostles
The 12 Tribes of Israel
The 8 Beatitudes
The 14 Stations of the Cross
The 7 Sorrows (Dolours) and 7 Joys of Our Lady
The 7 Sorrows and 7 Joys of St. Joseph
The 15 Mysteries of the Rosary
The Order of Creation
The 9 Choirs of Angels
The 3 levels of reverence
The 14 Holy Helpers
The 7 Last Words of Christ
The 4 Last Things (The Novissima)
The 9 Choirs of Angels
The 9 Choirs of Angels
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Dominations
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Cherubim
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How many times did you find them in your Bible search program? They are all angels!
There are 7 Archangels (Tobias 12:15). We know the names of 3 of them from Scripture:
•Michael (Daniel, Epistle of St. Jude, Apocalypse of St. John), whose name means “Who is like God” and whose Feast is September 29;
•Gabriel (Daniel and Luke), whose name means “Strength of God” and whose Feast is March 24; and
•Raphael (Tobias), whose name means “Medicine of God” and whose Feast is October 24.
The apocryphal Book of Enoch lists the other 4 as:
•Uriel;
•Raguel;
•Sariel; and
“I know many of you say that we Catholics manufacture some of this. No, it is interpeted by the Church — no interpretation by individuals at all.
What about “hosts” of angels?”
I don’t know if this is an example of Catholic usual biblical illiteracy or not, but none of this has anything to do with what I said.
I’m sorry, but you aren’t able to make angels exist in more than one place at a time so that they can hear your heathen prayers. The scripture is quite clear that Gabriel could not both be with Daniel the Prophet and dealing with a demon.
Sorry.
“Raphael healed in the book of Tobit.”
Not that this has anything to do with making an angel omnipresent or omniscient so that he can hear 10 million Roman Papists praying to him, but this is the same Raphael who told lies and taught withcraft.
Hmm, well, I guess that makes him the perfect object of idolatry for Catholics after all.
No one in your religion has any more authority to interpret scripture any more than you or I do...
I don’t know what you are talking about.
Levels of Angels — I guess you didn’t read them.
Angels
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Principalities
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Heavenly host (Hebrew Sabaoth “armies”) refers to a large army (Luk.2:13; Rev.19:19) of good angels mentioned in the Bible and other Jewish and Christian texts.
It is led either by an Angel of the Lord, Jesus in angelic form (a Christophany), by the Archangel Michael, or by God Himself.[citation needed] Most descriptions of angels in the Bible describe them in military terms, such as encampment (Gen.32:1-2), command structure (Ps.91:11-12; Matt.13:41; Rev.7:2), and combat (Jdg.5:20; Job 19:12; Rev.12:7). The heavenly host participate in the War in Heaven and, according to some interpretations, will battle Satan and Satan’s own army at the End of Days and be victorious.
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If you look through the Scriptures, you will see exactly where they are located. But, you will not see them responding to humans, but instead will only see them doing what God gives them to do. You see, they were not created for our benefit, contrary to the teachings you may have heard.
They should certainly not be any special days for them to be celebrated, because we see in the 10 Commandments that our God is a jealous God. He did not create angels to compete for our favor. He did not create angels to do our work for us. He does send angels to minister to us, but within the realm of service to Him. The perversion of all of your gobbledygook and speculations about the role of Angels is pure hyperbole designed to take your eyes away from the author and finisher of our faith, Jesus Christ.
Colossians 2: ... 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions .
1 Peter: ...10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, 11 trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. ...
Col 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, (KJV)
I actually prefer the KJV in this quote - 'intruding upon things he has no business with' - NO ONE can speak with authority about how the forces of heaven work beyond what the Scriptures detail, which is very little. One would be well met to recall just who and what the fallen ones are, and who it is that requires humility and worship (veneration, prayer) before angels. Then one will be less likely to be beguiled by religious systems that do so.
A) They exist.
B) This is spiritual battle as much as it is an earthly skirmish.
C) They can listen and can see our affairs entirely, including our talks with them, if we so prefer (to communicate).
After all, consider the reverse.
It would not shock me the least bit to know that Barack Hussein Obama is in regular communication with devils and others of the sulphurous nether world of darkness, sin, rebellion (against God) and pure evil.
Wonderful, WVKayaker, wonderful!
Amen, amen, and amen!!
“It displays a willful ignorance.”
It also displays a lack of humility and a teachable spirit....something I can relate to.
Humility is not my strong suit.
Why is it not okay to say they are lost?
Why not call a spade a spade?
Shoot, I can’t wait to go home!!
That is the hope of all believers and it can’t come soon enough for me.
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