Author Topic: St Michael the Archangel (Read 16572 times)

poche · « **on:** September 08, 2016, 12:12:47 AM »

There was some discussion on another thread about the theme for September. Some people say that September is the month of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin.
Someone asked how we could consider how we could come up with St Michael for the month of September. I would like to offer this rough translation originally from Micael.

own reasons to provoke unto fervent practice of the pious exercises of this month.

Fr. Recupito, cited by St. Alphonsus Liguori, ensures that devotion to St. Michael is a sign of predestination to heaven. (1). The reason is that, as a minister of the Word Incarnate, the glorious Archangel love the souls redeemed by the BLOOD of the God-Man; and that can help them effectively, due to his credit with God, he never fails to assist those who come under its protection. This is what Satan was tormenting a dying religious "Sache, said St. Michael, that you will never have any power over souls who resort to me and are under my protection. "Or these souls do not lose the friendship of God, or they overlap and get the grace of final perseverance.

The Church testifies, in the office of the Holy Archangel, to May 8, that "when we honor St. Michael participates in its benefits, and that when he is interested in a soul, it gets him the kingdom of heavens "

Two examples support this assertion; they are cited by St. Alphonsus Liguori.

Treasurer of the King of Poland, named Hubert Salonic after living in crime, was stricken with a fatal illness. Faced with death, he looked as lost, seeing demons flocked to seize him. He confessed that he would be damned if the head of the angelic militia would have helped. But just when everything seemed hopeless him, St. Michael, he was honored for his life appeared to him; casting out demons and told the dying God gave him eight days of life to repair the disorders of consciousness. The light and the anointing of grace penetrating his soul, the sinner is called a priest confesses with the strongest feelings repent, receive devoutly the sacraments of the Church and died with great hope of salvation.

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poche · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2016, 11:37:47 PM »

own reasons to provoke unto fervent practice of the pious exercises of this month.

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Another unfortunate sinner as being near death, was so violently tempted to despair that he went up to deny the sacraments of Holy Church. But despite his crimes, he had kept some devotional feelings towards St. Michael: It was salvation sounds. By the time he was about to expire, the archangel of good death appeared to him, told him he had prayed for him, and that God still gave him three hours of life. The dying man, after thanking his heavenly benefactor, sent a priest. They ran to a Dominican convent which was not far; but on the way, the mail met two of those religious who told him that an unknown person had asked to hurry to go to confession the sick, and they went there with all diligence. We rightly surmised that this stranger was none other than St. Michael. The dying man confessed with great compunction and, three hours having elapsed, he died in peace and hope to go thank heaven, the one whose mediation had saved.

One should not conclude from these examples that, provided we honor St. Michael, Menat be a depraved life, we die in God's grace; but we can conclude that if the Archangel covered his protection souls who deserved so little, how much more will certainly does not assist at the hour of death, the souls the will usually invoked and which have made constant efforts to live in the grace of God.

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poche · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2016, 11:19:55 PM »

Beauty of St. Michael the Archangel

St. Anselm's judgment, "the beauty of the last of the Angels is so bright that it is able to clear as many suns, if they existed, as there are stars in the firmament." What is the glory of the illustrious leader of the creation of light?

"No heavenly intelligence is superior to it," says the same Saint Anselm.

"No not equal" teach St. Basil, St. Alphonsus Liguori, etc.

"The brilliance and beauty of the power of St. Michael would be able, says Fr. Faber, give us death, if we was manifested in the flesh. "

According Pantaleon, deacon of the Church of Constantinople, "St. Michael is the largest and the most radiant star of the angelic order; it occupies the most distinguished rank among the thousands and myriads of angels who inhabit the wealthy stay. "

Welcome Saint Michael, and with Father Soyer, say to him:

"Illustrious Archangel, your greatness is unparalleled! The boundaries of your kingdom are those of the sky. Your topics are more numerous than the stars of heaven and the sands of the sea; a prophet who saw them only speaks of myriads of legions of millions and hundreds of millions; one is the Army's largest and most experienced; under your command they conquered the sky where they enjoy all the property.

I am pleased to your glory, O illustrious Archangel! With what joy and gratitude to God what I congratulate you! It is sweet to know that this is the precious BLOOD you need all the gifts, all the privileges you enjoy, and that with us, you cry again: "May Jesus be forever blessed and thanked us for having deserved all grace by the shedding of his precious BLOOD! "

Taken from The Precious Blood and the Holy Angels or New months of Archangel Michael and the holy angels, according to St. Alphonsus Liguori, Father Faber and Father Soyer. St-Hyacinthe (Canada), 1931.

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poche · « **Reply #3 on:** September 20, 2016, 05:10:14 AM »

Loyalty of Archangel Michael

But there is something more brilliant, more dazzling, yet more sublime beauty that God has clothed St. Michael: This is the cause that has kept him, his loyalty to God.

Creature of God, St. Michael was faithful to his Creator to the worship of the divine dan what seemed to be a lowering of his own nature. About the Monarch of heaven, he was true to his Sovereign to desert, fight, destroy those of his rebellious brothers who would rise by lowering the God-man.

Constantly faithful, the army chief of God continues to protect the faithful souls that Lucifer wants to rebel against his Sovereign.

O Holy Archangel, which are managed so close to divinity than willing to lower your angelic nature to that of man, I beseech you by the same BLOOD of the Man-God, get me to understand that the humiliation trail leads directly to fame, when you walk by there a principle of fidelity to God. Deign to prepare yourself my crown, leaving me to miss any opportunity to accept own frustrations to make me conform to the God-Man covered with reproach and confusion.

So be it.

Taken from The Precious Blood and the Holy Angels or New months of Archangel Michael and the holy angels, according to St. Alphonsus Liguori, Father Faber and Father Soyer. St-Hyacinthe (Canada), 1931.

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poche · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2016, 01:05:56 AM »

Quis ut Deus?

The word Michael (Mi-cha-el) means Who is like God? This is the name that the Angel of Victory conquered the day of his great triumph over Lucifer.

Since that glorious day, name, confidently invoke Saint Michael, is or protect against a loss, or triumph oneself of Satan and his legions - since this Prince of the heavenly host does not have to lead his invincible army to the battlefield where men fight against evil spirits.

Oh! he likes to come to our rescue, first call of our soul, this worshiper of the sacred humanity of Jesus and his precious BLOOD - this faithful subject of the Virgin Mother - this friend of redeemed man by the same BLOOD who has preserved trouble!

Adorers of the Precious Blood, weapons of St. Michael, his impenetrable shield, his always victorious army itself is at our service. Let's call him to our aid whenever we need to protect us in the interests of Jesus and Mary, and he will hasten to rush to be heard effectively its Quis ut Deus?

Young children, all you privileged souls who still look like the Angel by the scent of innocence as you exhale, stand today under the protection of Saint Michael, so that you must put in as d an impenetrable armor, and tell him:

Archangel Michael, protect me against the wiles and deceptions of Satan. I consecrate all avenues of my soul, that soul itself, and all its powers. Protect so weak parts of my poor nature that all the struggles that will support change into as many victories, to the eternal glory of the precious BLOOD of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

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poche · « **Reply #5 on:** October 01, 2016, 01:19:41 AM »

Saint Michel and defeated Satan.

But unfortunately ! it is not only the third part of men who are defeated by the demons and left as dead on the spiritual battlefield, more than three-quarters of humanity reach their eternal destinies resurfaced after their dress in the bath of divine BLOOD.

Saint Michel is too the friend of the man because of the God-man, friend too precious BLOOD due to the grace of preservation that he has received, not to try to revive the spiritual life in the soul of the sinner. - We help recover sanctifying grace, when we had the misfortune to lose, therefore one of the most important missions of the Archangel. He is the Angel of Forgiveness.

Morning and evening, saying the Confiteor, we confess "to God, to the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Archangel for sin"; morning and evening, we conjure "the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Archangel to pray for us the Lord our God," because we have sinned greatly sinned. That this accusation and supplication are not routine on our lips; say them with all my heart, with the intention of obtaining contrition for our sins, the grace to confess sincerely, to receive forgiveness, not to commit them and to do penance.

If we are not of those souls who make use of pious practices for sin more easily, with the presumption, St. Michael effective will our good will, our sincere desire to regain favor with God our Redeemer: it will whiten in the BLOOD of the Lamb, our spiritual garment, he was more red than scarlet.

O glorious Archangel, I have sinned, sin a thousand times, and in sinning I have despised the suffering and the BLOOD of Jesus, victim of atonement and reparation. If he converts me, if he forgives me, I will dwell in the company and under the feet of the demons. I beseech you, O Saint Michael, help me to remove myself from this abyss of misery; pray for me, get my soul still shine the luster of grace here below; made it preserves until death, so that, coming out of this life coated redeeming blood, she can go glorify forever in heaven.

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poche · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2016, 01:11:53 AM »

St. Michael, our universal Relief.

Pantaleon ensures that St. Michel delivers us from dangers, and even temporal necessities, when we invoke with confidence.

Here are two facts in support of this assertion: one old and the other is new.

Sozomen tells the following healing. One of his friends suffered from a disease that ultimately makes impossible to digest any food, even of any medicine. The doctor having lost all hope of curing his patient Aquilin had himself carried into a church dedicated to St. Michael, "in order to heal or die."

During the night, the Archangel appeared to him and said, "Do you make a potion of honey, wine and pepper and season with some light food that you will; this remedy will return your health first. "The doctor consulted, judged that, of itself, this potion could only be fatal to the patient; it nevertheless usa and was healed.

The following fact was published in the Annals of pious Mont-Saint-Michel: "My mother going to church by some devious path, passing along a vine skirting a deep creek. Halfway, the head turns to her, she loses her balance, and feels falling. Suddenly, it appears to be lifted by the arms, and it is transported through the grapevine. She was terrified. I thought I recognized there a Saint Michael protective trait, as my mother said his rosary every day; but to see if there really had supernatural intervention, I made this prayer: "Saint Archangel, if it is you, I need another favor: a person owes us money; if, within three days, the sum is given to us by your intercession, I believe that it is you who have preserved my mother in this imminent danger. "The day after I had prayed and St. Michael, you gave me money that we so much need. "

Good Saint Michael, protect us at all times, in all places and in all circuмstances. Be the physician of our bodies and our souls; watch us in all kinds of necessities; keep us from accidents and especially the danger of offending God, we beseech you on the merits of the precious BLOOD of Jesus Christ.

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poche · « **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2016, 11:14:16 PM »

Saint Michel helps us to obey God

Saint Michel, according Pantaleon, help his faithful servants to do the will of God.

If we are indecisive, confused, embarrassed on the path that we must take to enter God's purposes, have recourse to St. Michael, the angel of the Obedience, and he will teach us the path to the submission of the will Divine.

You who aspire to devote yourself completely to God through a life of renunciation, prayer and love Have recourse to St. Michael; it will fill you in your sacred aspirations leading to perfection trail.

Poor afflicted the overwhelming proof that the wine press crushing pain, which shed tears as the Angel of Resignation does not collect because your agony is no Fiat - afflicted poor, remember that St. Michel door the banner of the cross - that this standard is ashamed of the divine BLOOD, and it only takes one drop of BLOOD to soften your yoke and lighten your burden. Have recourse to St. Michael, invoke it with perseverance and will pay on your pain such anointing, or your soul such force that the Amen gradually springing from your lips, and become like the kiss of the Alleluia your soul to the will of God, you crucified.

Saint Michael the Archangel, head and keep our feet in the paths of God's will, or they lead in the plain or on Calvary; for, whatever it costs me, I want to save my soul and glorify forever with angels and elected, the Precious BLOOD of my Redeemer

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St John Evangelist · « **Reply #8 on:** October 13, 2016, 08:59:28 AM »

Incredible Miracle: U.S. Marine Saved by Saint Michael

https://www.tfpstudentaction.org/resources/prayers-for-students/incredible-miracle-u-s-marine-saved-by-saint-michael-1

poche · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2016, 11:05:26 PM »

Saint Michel in the hour of death.

"Michel, my archangel, I have made thee prince over all souls to be received in my kingdom. "

These words, which the Church puts on the lips of our Lord, we learn that St. Michael is also there to assist us to death.

What a terrible time! How terrible time! This is the time of the weakness of the man to whom he remains only a breath of life; it is the hour of the power of spirits of darkness, the hour when they gather in legions to torment our souls, to make him lose the grace of redemption.

But St. Michel also comes with its multitude of angels, to the just dying. There the struggle began again between the two armies; but, as always, Satan is defeated and pushed back into the black abyss.

To earn this badge through the protection of St. Michael the point of death, you must:

1º be faithful to God during his life;
2º or weakness prevents it, hurry, at least, after a foul, purify his soul in the bath of Jesus BLOOD;
3º honor the great Archangel and usually invoke this purpose, if only by one or other of two short prayers that follow:

PRAYER OF THE HOLY CHURCH

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, so that we do not perish in the dreadful judgment. So be it.

PRAYER OF SAINT ANSELME

"Saint Michael, Archangel of God, heaven guard, come to my aid at the time of death; be my defense against the evil enemy, and drive my soul in paradise of eternal jubilation "that Jesus Christ won for us by the shedding of his whole BLOOD. So be it.

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poche · « **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2016, 11:56:25 PM »

St. Michael the Court of God.

Saint Michael the Archangel not only presents the souls at the tribunal of God, it is still responsible for carrying out weighing vehi of their works. (This is why Saint Michael is often depicted carrying a balance).

This weighing vehi works does not mean that those who have done more good works than sins will be saved, or that those who have so fewer will be damned; it only means that the soul has left the earth in the grace of God will have the pleasure of contemplating the divine BLOOD in the weighing plate opposite that of his sins ...

But this is St. Michael, the first worshiper of the sacred humanity of Jesus and his precious BLOOD, which fills the august function to add the price of redemption to the works of souls who leave this life in friendship of God.

The core coated with the grace she had to oppose untold iniquities that the only act of contrition that will be saved, this act of contrition is a drop of BLOOD of Jesus, that is to say a fruit of his passion and death, it is enough for the favorable judgment it will be a full judgment of fairness: the eternal crown will be a fabric of redemptive mercy of BLOOD.

Therefore it is not powerful enough to commit to make every day a tribute to the infinitely precious BLOOD whose merits are to cover our demerits, if we know that we get are applied.

Saint Michael the Archangel, O you who love my soul, and want to see the eternally happy, I beseech you, show me your love in this life by getting me a great devotion to the Precious BLOOD and the sorrowful Passion of my beloved Redeemer. If I get through this and that of you invoke every day, I am sure to hear a sentence of salvation to the court of Judge Priest, and eternally sing power, mercy and charity of the BLOOD of the Lamb slain.

So be it.

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poche · « **Reply #11 on:** October 31, 2016, 11:21:17 PM »

Saint Michel after the sentence of the Judge.

After the judgment, the soul only has to take the path of eternity. If she heard the sentence of salvation which opened without delay sky St. Michael introduced there in the middle of concerts of his triumphant army. If hell is sharing his Saint Michael the book Satan rushes into the fire pit.

If the soul has to stay in Purgatory, St. Michael, we can surmise, the leads are in the company of the Guardian Angel. And if this soul has often invoked St. Michael for life if she did honor and love the glorious Archangel intercede for her and gets her a long and pain reduction.

Jacques Massi relates that a priest celebrating Mass for the Dead, recommended a few souls in a special way, pronouncing these words: Signifer Sanctus Michael, etc. "May the Prince of Angels, St. Michael, introduce them into the holy light; "And at once he saw the saint Archangel descend from heaven in purgatory, to deliver them.

The same author reports that a monk Citaux appeared to a priest and told him that he would be delivered from Purgatory, if at Mass, he recommended him to St. Michael. The minister of the altar went to his desire, and he saw, and other people, the soul of his friend driving to heaven by the Archangel.

Note that the soul of the deceased asked that invokes St. Michael during mass (1). Is this to say that the glorious depository of souls is more readily conducive to those who invoke him recalling the suffering, the widespread BLOOD and death of our beloved Redeemer?

O Saint Michael, it will be long my atonement in the other life, if you get me, from this, the painful love atones for every sin! ...

Ah! if I am not worthy of a pardon also badge, if I have to know the fire of purgatory, I beg you, for all the wounds of Jesus Christ abundantly pour out my soul refreshing dew DIVINE BLOOD, so I do not groan long away from my God - by this same BLOOD generously poured, have mercy, O holy Archangel, of all souls held in this place of expiation, particularly those that interest me more.

So be it

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poche · « **Reply #12 on:** November 03, 2016, 11:37:50 PM »

Holy Church who made this day the main feast of St. Michael, consider it today, as its special protector.

Even today, despite the cruel persecution has to suffer the holy Church, St. Michael's there that protects and constantly watches over her children, despite persecutions, remain faithful to their Mother.

First worshiper of the Precious Blood, St. Michael was there to collect the first bƖσσdshɛd of the Man-God; he was also at the Cross worship the Precious Blood of Jesus that flowed in waves purifiers and was the divine seed of the Holy Church. In these times of persecution which we live, Saint Michel is there again; it is next to every faithful Catholic, and he collects in his golden chalice their sorrows, their sacrifices, their prayers and tears and the door to the throne of the Divine Majesty to find grace and mercy by Precious blood of Jesus, which continues to sink spiritually blessed the true children of the Holy Catholic Church.

Despite outward appearances, the Catholic Church, under the protection of the glorious leader of the heavenly armies, will always be One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic. It is and always will be the only salvation Ark and anyone who depart from it perish for eternity when, at the solemn day of judgment, Saint Michael will ring one last time, to the confusion of all the enemies of God, his Victory cry: "Who is like God?"

O Glorious Saint Michel, our heavenly protector, deign to cover your protection all the faithful Catholics who struggle and suffer worldwide. Support their faith so that it does not fail in the midst of this darkness. Present to God their prayers and tears so that soon they can add their voices to yours in the heavenly homeland singing forever:

"Blessed be the Precious Blood of Jesus"

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poche · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2016, 11:34:36 PM »

Immediately, says St. Paul, that the signal will have been given by the voice of the Archangel and by the sound of the trumpet of God, the Lord will descend from heaven and those who will be dead in Jesus Christ will rise again first. "

Bernardin de Picquigny says that this Archangel is Saint Michael, and that it is by these orders that the angelic spirits will gather from the ends of heaven the elect of God.

"Then," says the Gospel, "the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven. "What is this sign?" - The cross of Jesus Christ. Who will bear this cross, the standard of the elect? - The Church tells us:

Sed explicat victor Crucem Michael, salutis meaning: that is to say: "At their head the Archangel Saint Michael bears the standard of the Cross, emblem of victory. "

It is therefore St. Michael whose mission is to unite the elect under this flag of the chief of the predestinated.

If we want this cross, which these wounds attract us in the day of the great victory; If we wish them to glorify us, pay tribute during the lifetime to the cross of Calvary, to the bloody wounds of the Redeemer; And remember that there will be only those who followed Him in His humiliation and suffering to follow Jesus in His glory.

Should we dare to take our place under this royal standard, to greet him with confidence in the day of his triumph, if during life the mystery of the cross had been indifferent to us-especially if we had been practical enemies of the cross of Jesus?

O Holy Archangel, terror seizes me when I reflect on this coming out of the tomb, on this journey to the place of judgment, at this apparition of the cross of Christ in the clouds ... In what state would I rise? Like the friends of the Crucified? Ah! I pray thee, and I will pray thee every day of my life; strengthen me, O holy Archangel, in my fights against the cross, that it may continually win new victories over my nature, and that afterwards To have thus triumphed over me here below, to make me share in the joys of eternal triumph.

So be it.

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poche · « **Reply #14 on:** November 13, 2016, 10:52:24 PM »

Prayer
To choose Saint Michael the Archangel
As a special protector.

O great Prince of heaven, faithful guardian of the Church, Saint Michael the Archangel, I myself, though unworthy to appear before you, confiding nevertheless in your special kindness, touched by the excellence of your admirable privileges and The multitude of your benefits, I present myself to you, accompanied by my guardian angel, and in the presence of all the angels of heaven whom I take as a witness of my devotion to you, I choose you today for my protector and my advocate And I propose formally to honor you always and to honor you with all my power. Assist me throughout my life, that I may never offend God's pure eyes, neither in works, nor in words, nor in thoughts. Defend me against all the temptations of the devil, especially for faith and purity; And at the hour of my death, obtain peace from my soul and bring it into the eternal homeland.

So be it.