In Matthew's Gospel what are found are these:
Dominum Deum tuum adorabis et Illi soli servies.
(Mt. iv. 10)Translation (Our Lord referring to
Deuteronomy vi. 13 for the devil
at His temptation):
"(Begone, satan, for it is written)
The Lord thy God thou shalt adore, and Him only shalt thou serve."
As for the Saint Michael picture:
sheath does not match sword. this is a sign the might of Saint Michael is far to great to be contained.
Good point.
look at the angel in the tilma of Saint Juan Diego.
an old face with a child's body.
Noteworthy: this aspect has been "covered up" over the centuries, as
duplications of the Image tend to show the face of a child. In fact,
there have been several attempts to alter the Image, by adding things
to it. For example, someone painted a crown on her head about 200
years ago, and since then, the painted-on crown has fallen to dust,
leaving the Image without a crown, but, it seems this prideful act of man
has permanently scarred the Image such that now we are no longer
allowed to see the top of her head anymore, as if they are trying to hide
the part that would remind us of man's folly. I wouldn't be surprised if
someone also tried to paint over the little angel to make his face look
younger, and that that paint probably would have fallen to dust as well,
leaving only a scarred face for all to see. I've never heard this
explained before, but it makes total sense now. Thank you, Pablo.
Good job!
we must be as little children.
the angel appears old as [he] existed from the beginning of time.
Heaven does not respect our opinions or self righteousness or our 'rules'.
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Scripture always refers to angels with masculine gender, not that they are
male, but that the masculine gender is appropriate, and the neuter gender
is inappropriate as is likewise the feminine gender. Nor does an angel
show his "age," regardless of how old he is. But for the edification of man,
it would be good for him to appear old like that especially with a youthful
body.
Lest anyone accuse Our Lord of "misquoting Scripture" to the devil, keep in
mind that if he could have used that tactic, the devil most certainly would
have at the time. Our Lord said that he would open His mouth an utter
words that had been hidden from the foundations of the world. This is an
example, where Deut. vi. 13 is but a prophesy and imperfection of the
commandment that Our Lord would give to the devil "in persona Christi,"
when the devil would try to seduce Him.
Deuteronomy cap. vi. has some things worth thinking about in this context
of today and all the things going on. Scripture helps to keep our minds on
the big picture, because it's far too easy to get caught up in the here and
now:
<< Deuteronomy 6 >>
Douay-Rheims Bible
1 These are the precepts, and ceremonies, and judgments, which the Lord your God commanded that I should teach you, and that you should do them in the land into which you pass over to possess it:
2 That thou mayst fear the Lord thy God, and keep all his commandments and precepts, which I command thee, and thy sons, and thy grandsons, all the days of thy life, that thy days may be prolonged.
3 Hear, O Israel, and observe to do the things which the Lord hath commanded thee, that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst be greatly multiplied, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath promised thee a land flowing with milk and honey.
4 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.
5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.
6 And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart:
7 And thou shalt tell them to thy children, and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping and rising.
8 And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them in the entry, and on the doors of thy house.
10 And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, for which he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and shall have given thee great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,
11 Houses full of riches, which thou didst not set up, cisterns which thou didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards, which thou didst not plant,
12 And thou shalt have eaten and be full:
13 Take heed diligently lest thou forget the Lord, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and thou shalt swear by his name.
14 You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:
15 Because the Lord thy God is a jealous God in the midst of thee: lest at any time the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and take thee away from the face of the earth.16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.
17 Keep the precepts of the Lord thy God, and the testimonies and ceremonies which he hath commanded thee.
18 And do that which is pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with thee: and going in thou mayst possess the goodly land, concerning which the Lord swore to thy fathers,
19 That he would destroy all thy enemies before thee, as he hath spoken.
20 And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What mean these testimonies, and ceremonies and judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded us? 21 Thou shalt say to him: We were bondmen of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.
22 And he wrought signs and wonders great and very grievous in Egypt against Pharao, and all his house, in our sight,
23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in and give us the land, concerning which he swore to our fathers.
24 And the Lord commanded that we should do all these ordinances, and should fear the Lord our God, that it might be well with us all the days of our life, as it is at this day.
25 And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and do all his precepts before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. In His temptation Our Lord referred to this chapter twice; where three verses
later the words applied directly to the very situation He was in at the time,
namely His temptation in the desert (Matt. iv. 7): 16 Thou shalt not tempt the
Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation (Deut. vi.).
And again, in the passage referred to on the banner of the St. Michael image
from Pablo, "Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and
thou shalt swear by his name" (v. 13). At which time, He having said it, the
devil left Him (Matt iv. 11).
This chapter bears directly on the growth of Modernism in the Church, because
it gives the answer that the Modernists would ignore, namely, when our son
asks why, and what do these things mean, that is, the seminarians studying to
become priests in their formation, it is given how to answer them here, in a
word, this is the tradition handed down to us from the Apostles,
"Tradidi quod
et accepi", and which we pass on to you as we have received them, and as so
you should pass them on likewise as you have received them, daring not to
change them according to the winds of time and the cries of the world.
It is good for us to recall God's promise to us, which endures to this day:
19 That he would destroy all thy enemies before thee, as he hath spoken.
For what is heresy but the false doctrines of the enemies of the Church,
for by their falsehood they make themselves Her enemy. And what is
Modernism, the synthesis of all heresy, but the practice of the Church's
enemies, those who have made themselves enemies by their falsehoods?
~ by going after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about us
~ by abandoning the ceremonies that have been handed down from antiquity
~ by practicing no more the judgments we have received from the Fathers
~ by setting up a new body of doctrine, a "counter syllabus" of Vatican II
~ by not keeping the precepts and testimonies commanded by God
~ by daring even to quote Scripture as the devil did to Our Lord to tempt Him
And therefore, as we endeavor to fear the Lord and keep His commandments,
may we be worthy to receive His great mercy and the protection by strength
of His arm (Lk. i. 51) as we recall:
21 Thou shalt say to him: We were bondmen of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord
brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.
19 That he would destroy all thy enemies before thee, as he hath spoken.
22 And he wrought signs and wonders great and very grievous in Egypt against Pharao, and all his house, in our sight,
25 And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and do all his precepts before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.
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