Our Daily bread:Dan 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rev 12:7-12a; John 1:47-51

Feast of the Archangels
You will see angels.

Everybody loves angels. The cherub is most popular, followed by the graceful feminine form, often carrying a harp. "Sweet" is the word, not "scary," as these angels must have been. Angels are often depicted as heavenly human beings with wings (or waiting for them, like Clarence in "It’s A Wonderful Life"). However, angels are their own species, messengers of the Lord (angel is from the Greek angelos, meaning "messenger"), and so powerful that when they rebel, they create Hell. Satan is an angel gone bad. It is Michael’s job to fight Satan for the souls of human beings. Gabriel is the angel who appears to Mary and announces the birth of Jesus. Raphael is associated with healing and appears in the Book of Tobit, and some attribute to him the stirring of the healing pool of Bethesda. Baby angels are cute, but these archangels testify to God’s awesome creation and can be called on to protect us in times of danger.

*Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, pray for us!