A SAN MIGUEL ARCHANGEL
ASK FOR PROTECTION OF HEAVEN
O glorious St. Michael, Prince and leader of the heavenly host, guardian and defender of souls, the keeper of the Church, winner , terror and horror of the rebels infernal spirits. We humbly beseech thee, deign to deliver you from evil to which we turn to you with confidence that you please help us, your strength and defend us, get ahead through your incomparable protection increasingly in the service of the Lord your under us effort every day of our lives, especially in the throes of death, so that, protected by thy power from the infernal dragon and all its pitfalls, when we leave this world we are presented for you, free of guilt, before the Divine Majesty .
Amen.
SAN GABRIEL Prince of the Angels faithful to the Lord. His name means "Who is like God?". In Sacred Scripture, appears in the Book of Daniel, in the Epistle of Jude and Revelation.
As SAN RAFAEL Gabriel and Raphael is called "archangel" in a purely generic sense (rather than simple angel), but they are three, soaring seraphim. -Fiesta: September 29.
Although the modern mind revolts at it, it is true that God, in composing the poem in human history, instead of granting preference to the angelic spirits. Michael is among them a star of first magnitude, a leading figure among those who served immediately to the throne of God and down to earth to proclaim or enforce its plans. Protector of the People of God, Israel, in the Old Law, of the Church of Christ in the New Testament. In Sacred Scripture has found its basis of popular piety of all time to erect a San Miguel in Prince of the heavenly host victorious warrior in the cosmic struggle against the rebellious spirit, the dragon of darkness.
SAN MIGUEL Daniel, the prophet of the revelations of angels, reveals the name of our angel. Miguel, called a great leader of the Israelites, fought for the liberation of the people of God, exiled and submitted to Persian rule. Right there is talk of the princes of Persia and Greece, referring, according to common sense, to the guardian angels of these nations.
St. Jude the Apostle Catholic in his letter, cites the example of the Archangel Michael, playing the devil's body of Moses. " Again, it appears our holy angel as defender of the people of Israel, whom Satan would want to deviate from their faith in the Lord.
SAN MIGUEL
Revelation Magna Carta of the New Jerusalem, which is the Church, we are introduced to San Miguel in his final mission, highlight. With the emergence of Women, a symbol of Mary and the Church, with her Son in heaven is locked battle.
Michael and the dragon face to face, the Archangel faithful against the superb angel of light. Each one sends an army of angels. Beat Michael and the Dragon is buried in hell.
This vision of the prophet of Patmos are derived medieval images of bright-winged warrior carved armor, which lacks the spear that kills the dragon, expired at his feet.
whole life of the Church militant flows under the sign of the battle, entered the fight between Jesus and the devil, between the Redeemer and sin.
experience in our own flesh split. Our great strength is the grace of Jesus Christ, but the angels are servants of Christ in the struggle of the Church, and headed Miguel the ultimate winner.
The Church itself will recognize the title of defender of his followers, called "angel of Paradise," "prince of spiritual warfare," and in the Litany of the Saints assigned the first place behind the Blessed Virgin. Its protection does not leave us until after death.
The solemn moment of offering sacrifice for their dead, the Church invokes to present the holy souls in the light of Divine Judgement.
popular devotion, which has greatly influenced these liturgical texts and, on the other hand, has precedents in Jewish traditions, he considers as "weigher of souls" and so we see him in curious miniatures of the Middle Ages, with the scales of divine justice in their hands, happily leaning a dish to the glory of heaven. Events
prodigious that occurred in East and West, helped to form the universal breath around the figure of the Archangel. Eastern tradition that is already in the first decades of Christianity, was saved from destruction a temple dedicated in her honor in Colosae and miraculous intervention by medicinal water flowed right there, so they honored him as a doctor in heaven.
in Constantinople was a temple dedicated a. his name and was also very famous for Sostenión Mikaelion near the Byzantine capital, where according to tradition, Miguel had miraculously healed the Emperor Constantine.
In the West also appeared repeatedly Archangel, his most famous appearances are those of Monte Gargano in Italy, around 500, and Adriano Mount, where the year 611 Pope Adrian IV builds a chapel, on the that would later Castel Sant'Angelo.
made headlines in Spain appeared in the mountainous Navarra Aralar to help the noble knight Don Teodosio de Goñi in the fight against the infernal serpent.
The Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, with a Gothic abbey dedicated To its credit, also testified his support for the sailors. Today
and there are no such occurrences fanfare, but the Archangel stays true to its mission as guardian of the Church as proclaimed in the prayer addressed to him at the end of the Mass, Pope Leo XIII-mandated:
"San Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And your prince of the heavenly host, by the Divine Power, thrust into hell Satan and other evil spirits roaming the world seeking the ruin of souls, Amen. "
