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September 29th we will be celebrating the Feast of the Archangels. October 2nd is the Feast of the Guardian Angels.

The following quotes help us to understand the beliefs of the believers long ago. Faith is a mystery. We can’t see the angels, but we can read about them in the bible and learn about them from the Saints.

1. Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought to invoke therm.

St. John Vianney

3. Pride and nothing else caused an angel to fall from heaven. And so, one may reasonably ask whether one may reach heaven by humility alone without the help of any other virtue.

St. John Climacus

4. Is there any greater happiness than to imitate on earth the Choir of Angels?

St. Basil the Great

5. How great is the dignity of souls, that each person has from birth received an angel to protect it.

St. Jerome

6. To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.

St. Thomas Aquinas

7. I saw them with my bodily eyes as clearly as I see you. And when they departed, I used to weep and wish they would take me with them.

St. Joan of Arc

8. The devil writes down our sins…our Guardian Angel all or merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel’s book may be full, and the Devil’s empty.

St. John Vianney

9. Ask your angel to console and assist you in your last moments.

St. John Bosco

10. The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of St. Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.

St. John Paul II

11. Somehow, I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an archangel in his.

St. John Henry Newman

12. The rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer, we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.

St. John Paul II

13. How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass.

St. John Vianney

14. Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor, but they do not lose courage when men fail.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

15. Angels are intelligent reflections of light. that original light, which has no beginning. They can illuminate. they do not need tongues or ears for they can communicate without speech…in thought.

St. John Damascene

16. Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ, rest your weary ones, bless your dying ones, sooth your suffering ones, pity your afflicted one, shield your joyous ones and all for your love’s sake. Amen

St. Augustine

17. Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, and in the protection of the God of heaven, let us abide.

St. Bernard Clairvaux

18. Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honor your patience.

St. John Climacus

19. We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten and direct us. God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.

St. Thomas Aquinas

20. Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the word angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit; you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger.

St. Augustine

21. This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple and wise. This is the angelic life.

St. John Chrysostom

22. Among the Angels in Heaven, none surpass St. Michael the Archangel in Glory.

St. Vincent Ferrer

23. Whenever some act of wondrous power must be performed, Michael the Archangel is sent, so that his action and his name bake it clear that no one can do what God does by his superior power.

St. Gregory the Great

24. Oh, my Holy Guardian Angel, care for my soul and my body. Enlighten my mind that I may better know the Lord my God and love Him with all my heart. Watch over me when I pray, so I won’t give in to life’s distractions. Sustain me with your counsel to live as a righteous Christian and help me to do good works with a generous heart. Protect me from the cunning of the advisary and lift me up when I am being tempted so I may win the fight against evil. Stay with me at all times, never stop watching over me until I am called back to the Father’s house, where we will praise our great God together for all eternity. Amen

St. Padre Pio

25. How consoling it is to know that we have a spirit who, from the womb to the tomb, never leaves us even for an instant not even when we dare to sin. And this heavenly spirit guides and protects us like a friend or a brother.

St. Padre Pi o\

Unlike Easter which has always been celebrated by the Church, the feast day of Christmas was not firmly established until the fourth century. Because the birthday of Jesus was unknown, it was decided to celebrate the birth of Jesus on the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice. This would also coincide with the winter solstice festivals. The date symbolizes that Jesus is the Light of the World. In the Gospel of John 8:12 Jesus said;

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.

Christmas also focuses on the two natures of Jesus Christ. He is both full divine and fully human. It states in Luke 2:9:

Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them,

“Do not be afraid; for see…I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you; you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.”

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying;

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another;

“Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”

So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them, but Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

The Word of God,

the Day whose light shines

upon the angel…

put on flesh and was born

of the the Virgin Mary.

Quote of St. Augustine; Feast day August 28

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Twenty-Five Quotes about Angels from the Saints

September 29th we will be celebrating the Feast of the Archangels. October 2nd is the Feast of the Guardian Angels.

1. Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought to invoke therm.

3. Pride and nothing else caused an angel to fall from heaven. And so, one may reasonably ask whether one may reach heaven by humility alone without the help of any other virtue.

4. Is there any greater happiness than to imitate on earth the Choir of Angels?

5. How great is the dignity of souls, that each person has from birth received an angel to protect it.

6. To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping.

7. I saw them with my bodily eyes as clearly as I see you. And when they departed, I used to weep and wish they would take me with them.

8. The devil writes down our sins…our Guardian Angel all or merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel’s book may be full, and the Devil’s empty.

9. Ask your angel to console and assist you in your last moments.

10. The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of St. Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.

11. Somehow, I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an archangel in his.

12. The rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer, we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.

13. How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass.

14. Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor, but they do not lose courage when men fail.

15. Angels are intelligent reflections of light. that original light, which has no beginning. They can illuminate. they do not need tongues or ears for they can communicate without speech…in thought.

17. Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, and in the protection of the God of heaven, let us abide.

18. Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honor your patience.

19. We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten and direct us. God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.

20. Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the word angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit; you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger.

21. This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple and wise. This is the angelic life.

22. Among the Angels in Heaven, none surpass St. Michael the Archangel in Glory.

23. Whenever some act of wondrous power must be performed, Michael the Archangel is sent, so that his action and his name bake it clear that no one can do what God does by his superior power.

25. How consoling it is to know that we have a spirit who, from the womb to the tomb, never leaves us even for an instant not even when we dare to sin. And this heavenly spirit guides and protects us like a friend or a brother.

Prayers, Quips and Quotes: The Feast of the Nativity, Feast Day December 25

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