"Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels"

In The Apocalypse, St Micheal is Leader of The Heavenly Hosts, and since He Vanquished Satan and his Cohorts, He is The Patron of The Military, Police, Firefighters and all those who put the safety of other's before thier own.

St Gabriel, we find in The Book of Daniel, and it was He who Announced to Mary that She would Concieve and Bear The Son of The Most High God.

St Raphael, Healed Tobit of his blindness, even His name means "God Heals."

This Feast, along with the Feast of The Guardian Angels celebrated on October 2nd, enables us to focus on the Purely Spiritual Persons, Who not only accompany us during our Pilgrimage, and Who's Presence was Manifested at The Birth of Our Lord, but are also Present along with The Mystical Body, at Every Sacrifice of The Mass.

By recognizing The Presence of The Angels among us throughout our lives, we add another Spiritual Dimension to The Divine Mystery of our Redemption.

In recent times, As The Church focused more and more on External "Mission," it was frequently at the Expense of The "Supernatural," often times seeing Jesus more as a "Friend" than The God Who Saves us. Though, it is True that Our Beloved Lord Became One With us through The "Hypostatic Union" so that we could have Him as The Object of our Love, The Reverence that is His Due, The Obedience He is Owed and The Adoration of His Very Person, are Necessary aspects of any True and Complete Spirituality.

The Angels are a Great Force Against the Evils of our day, and thus, We Must Invoke thier Assistance and thier Protection at all times, but especially in those moments of temptation and trial. The "St Micheal Prayer" is a Powerful tool against the Forces of Evil, and should be Recited often, especially when in Danger.

We each have a Guardian Angel assigned to us, and it is Imperative that we Foster a "Person to Person" Relationship. Realizing that The Difference between us and the Angels, is that they are Pure Spirit, whereas, though we are also "Spirit," our Perfection lies in Both the Corporial as well as Spiritual, in other words, we are a Composite of both Body and Soul.

With regard to Our Beloved Lord Jesus, Who Is True God and True Man, we Must keep always before our mind's eye Both His Divinity and His Humanity thus Manifesting The Reverence, Devotion and Adherance to The Father's Will, which was one of The Reasons for The Incarnation, not only to Redeem us, but also to "Show" us, "How" to live in The Restoration of Grace.

As "Soldiers" of Christ, we are Never alone, for we are United in the Battle against Evil, both Internal and External, not only in Union with The Church "Triumphant," and The Church "Suffering," but God, Our Heavenly Father, has Given to us The Assistance of The Holy Angels, thus Guaranteeing, along with Jesus as Our King, our Complete and Total Victory over Evil.

God Bless You