{"id":138984,"date":"2015-09-29T02:55:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T06:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/invisible-allies-a-retreat-guide-on-st-michael-and-the-angels\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:55:00","slug":"invisible-allies-a-retreat-guide-on-st-michael-and-the-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/invisible-allies-a-retreat-guide-on-st-michael-and-the-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible Allies: A Retreat Guide on St. Michael and the Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Angels are not human beings who have died, gone to heaven, and earned their wings. The classic Frank Capra film, It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/i>, got that part wrong. Angels are purely spiritual beings, which means they don\u2019t have bodies; they are entirely immaterial. But it also means that their spiritual powers of intelligence and will are not limited by their dependence on the five senses, as human intelligence and will are. In the whole hierarchy of God\u2019s creation, from atoms to rocks to plants to animals to human beings to angels, angels are the most superior creatures, the ones closest to God in their very nature.<\/p>\n

But when God through the incarnation became man in Jesus Christ, the relationship between humans and angels changed. Angels still have the superior nature, but we have been given the grace of a more intimate friendship with God, a sharing in God\u2019s divinity, through grace, that even the angels don\u2019t enjoy.<\/p>\n

In this Retreat Guide, Invisible Allies: A Retreat Guide on St. Michael and the Angels<\/i>, we will explore, a little bit, how God wants the angels to be involved in our Christian journey, and what role they are called to play in the dramatic history of our salvation.<\/p>\n\n