{"id":142624,"date":"2024-09-29T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=142624"},"modified":"2024-09-29T05:00:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T09:00:06","slug":"st-michael-st-gabriel-st-raphael-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/st-michael-st-gabriel-st-raphael-2\/","title":{"rendered":"St Michael, St Gabriel, St Raphael"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Angelo,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I empathize with you. \u00a0It is indeed maddening when someone like your roommate, so intelligent and well-balanced, simply can\u2019t see the clear light of reason when it comes to religious issues. \u00a0It\u2019s rather mysterious, in fact. It seems like such a contradiction. Is it so difficult to look at the universe, its wonders and beauty, and conclude that it must have had a Designer, a Creator? \u00a0I don\u2019t think so. And the Church has dogmatically defined that it is indeed possible to come to the knowledge of God\u2019s existence merely through the use of human reason. But, even so, St Thomas long ago pointed out that that reason has been darkened by original sin, and further weakened by repeated personal sins, and so the path to knowing God through its power is a long and hard one. \u00a0But you don\u2019t need to fret, or give up. You are not alone in your efforts. You have God\u2019s grace working for you (after all, God wants to save your roommate\u2019s soul even more than you do), and you have all the heavenly hosts at your service. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that sense, today\u2019s feast should provide a boost of encouragement. \u00a0The whole Church is celebrating the glorious archangels, those spiritual powerhouses who lead the hosts of angels that serve God in his heavenly castle. The theology behind angels is fascinating and quite instructive, but I don\u2019t want to go into it here (if you\u2019re interested, a good place to start is the Catechism #s 328-336, 392-395). \u00a0I would just like to remind you that we don\u2019t celebrate them just because they are beautiful and powerful beings. We also thank God (and the angels themselves) for giving them to us as our allies and guides in the spiritual journey. Remember \u201cthe spiritual journey\u201d? That\u2019s right, we are members of the Pilgrim Church \u2013 we\u2019re not in heaven yet, remember? \u00a0And God has entrusted a lot of our guidance to the archangels. The Bible speaks of St Michael and his army putting down Satan\u2019s rebellion and casting the fallen angels out of heaven \u2013 counteracting their tactics of deceit and seduction. (Apocalypse 12) We see St Gabriel entrusted with announcing the birth of the Precursor (St John the Baptizer) and of the Messiah (Jesus himself) to Zechariah and Mary. (Luke 1) \u00a0St Raphael is the guardian of Tobit\u2019s journey and his family\u2019s faith and prosperity. If we weren\u2019t still on our way (\u201cin situ viae\u201d as the Catechism puts it) and in need of protection and guidance, the archangels would probably be less prominent; as it is, however, the devil and his minions energetically strive to dampen our love for Christ and stoke our selfishness in many hidden and devious manners, thus leading us astray, and so we need as much help as we can get to stay on the \u201cstraight and narrow\u201d path. \u00a0The archangels provide some of that help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So make a special visit to the Eucharist today, and invoke the aid of these heavenly servants on behalf of your roommate. \u00a0Then just keep trying to communicate the truth, in word, yes, but even more importantly, in action \u2013 nothing makes the truth shine more brightly than the grace-filled deeds of Christ-like love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your loving uncle, Eddy <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Angelo, I empathize with you. \u00a0It is indeed maddening when someone like your roommate, so intelligent and well-balanced, simply can\u2019t see the clear light of reason when it comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":145992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3719],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-142624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncle-eddy"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003 and earned his doctorate in moral theology in 2010. He provided spiritual support on the set of Mel Gibson\u2019s\u00a0The Passion of the Christ\u00a0while researching the 2005 Catholic best seller,\u00a0Inside the Passion, the only authorized, behind-the-scenes explanation of the film. Fr. John has contributed news commentary regarding religious issues on NBC, CNN, Fox, and the BBC. He also served as the English-language press liaison for the Vatican\u2019s 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist. His most widely known books are The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer and 60 Days to Becoming a Missionary Disciple. His most recent book is\u00a0Spiritual But Not Religious: The Search for Meaning in a Material World. Fr. John resides in Atlanta and serves as Territorial Vicar for the Legionaries of Christ. See all books, Regnum Christi Essays, Retreat Guides, posts, and online classes from Fr. 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