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Reader Post | By A Fellow Patriot
“Q referenced angels, self-empowered spirituality, and left with the word “ascension”.”
For more insight into the angelic choirs and their roles in God’s plan, reference:
1) St. Michael and the Angels: A Month With St. Michael and the Holy Angels Paperback – January 1, 1977
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https://tanbooks.com/products/books/saint-michael-and-the-angels-a-month-with-st-michael-and-the-holy-angels
O God, Who in ineffable providence do deign to send Your holy angels for our defense, grant to Your suppliants both to be defended always by their protection and to rejoice in their eternal company. (Collect for the Feast of the Angels Guardian from the Roman Missal)
Of the members of the Church Triumphant, none are perhaps more mysterious than the orders of the heavenly spirits, created before the foundation of the earth and destined for all time “to serve . . . those who shall inherit salvation” (Heb. 1:14). In truth, the angels, who are made to reflect very closely the glory of God, are destined to be the servants of the righteous of mankind in heaven! That is why Mary is Queen of the angels (and she can send them to our aid, if we ask her!). And yet, while we are on earth, some of the most powerful intercessors we have before God are the angels. Divided into nine choirs, they guard both the material world, directing the operations of nature, and individuals and societies, serving as protectors and helpers. Led by St. Michael, the Prince of the Heavenly Host, standing “before the altar holding a golden thurible . . . to offer up the prayers of all the holy ones on the golden altar, which is before the Throne of God” (Apoc. 3:8), the angels partake of the eternal banquet of the celestial liturgy. They act as our guardians, serve as messengers from God to us and from us to God, surround the altar during Mass on earth, and bear the graces of the Mass like incense back to the altar of God on high.
In St. Michael and the Angels, discover all this and more about the holy angels, as well as St. Michael’s special role as “Champion of the Church,” “Defender of Christians,” “Guardian of Purgatory,” “Helper of the Sick and Dying,” and the “Holy Standard-Bearer” who presents souls before the holy light of God. Find also numerous devotions to the angels, including litanies to our Guardian Angel, to St. Michael, St. Raphael, and St. Gabriel. A special treat is the prayer to our guardian angel asking him to go in our place to attend Mass when we cannot! In all, St. Michael and the Angels is a treasure trove of information and inspiration about the holy angels—our silent partners in the way of salvation.
O captains and leaders of the armies of heaven, unworthy as we are, we beseech you without cease to surround us with your intercessions and cover us beneath the shelter of the glory of your ethereal wings. We bend our knee and cry out with perseverance: “Deliver us from danger, O Princes of the Powers on high!” (Troparion of the Byzantine Synaxis of the Heavenly Powers)
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2) St. Thomas Aquinas (The Angelic Doctor) – Summa Theologiae: Volume 9, Angels: 1a. 50-64 <Heavy read>
3) 7 Must-Read Catholic Books About Angels
https://thecatechismguy.com/catholic-books-about-angels/
4) Why are the archangels celebrated on September 29?
https://aleteia.org/2021/09/29/why-are-the-archangels-celebrated-on-september-29
Originally this feast was only for St. Michael, but then St. Gabriel and St. Raphael were added to the celebration.
The Bible mentions 3 archangels, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. Each angel had a specific mission in salvation history, but they continue their protective help in the world, even though we may not see their invisible spiritual work.
The Roman Rite of the Catholic Church has assigned September 29 to be the feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels. For many centuries this day was only reserved for St. Michael, as the Catholic Encyclopedia explains.
The Gelasian Sacramentary (seventh century) gives the feast “S. Michaelis Archangeli”, and the Gregorian Sacramentary (eighth century), “Dedicatio Basilionis S. Angeli Michaelis”, 29 Sept. A manuscript also here adds “via Salaria.” This church of the Via Salaria was six miles to the north of the city [of Rome]; in the ninth century it was called Basilica Archangeli in Septimo. It disappeared a thousand years ago.
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September 29 became the principal feast of St. Michael, honoring the original dedication of the church on the via Salaria.
The feast of St. Michael on September 29 became in the Middle Ages a holy day of obligation, but the designation was eventually removed.
After the Second Vatican Council, the Church wanted to further highlight all 3 archangels and grouped them all together on September 29. Previously St. Gabriel and St. Raphael had separate feasts during different parts of the year.
Now they are celebrated on a single day, connecting them to the neighboring feast day of the Guardian Angels on October 2.
From A Fellow Patriot
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