FILIPINO TRADITIONAL ROMAN CATHOLIC: The Commander of the Hosts of God

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The Commander of the Hosts of God

St. Michael the Archangel Picture by Guido Reni

In many towns and villages in the Philippines whose titular or Patron Saint is the Archangel Michael, May 8 is a special day. St. Michael is a favorite Saint, perhaps because of his role in the Kingdom of God as defender of the Church. St. Michael pray for us.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: St. Michael the Archangel is my patron Saint for Confirmation.; May 6, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Anonymous said...: God bless my brother, lets seek the intercession of St. Michael, whose name is invoked in the mass as the one who will bring our prayers to the throne like an incense to God.; May 6, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Dr. Herbert,

That expression that the Archangel is bringing our prayers before the Divine Throne in Heaven is taken from the Book of Tobit 12:12-15 while the analogy of the incense, i.e., the Archangels bringing our prayers like an incense to God is derived from the Book of Revelation 8:3-4. What a beautiful expression. Very Biblical!

May St. Michael defend and protect the Church, especially the Holy Father -- the VICAR OF CHRIST -- our bond of unity and protector of the faith from heretics, so that he may remain steadfast in proclaiming and defending the faith for all of us.; May 6, 2008 at 9:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes... and as a matter of interest the prayer of the priest when placing the grains of inscense on the burner, is a prayer of invocation to St. Michael. It is an ancient prayer of the church and its efficacy has been tested.

and Yes too, the Book of Tobit is one of my favorite books in the Old Testament. Although the Protestants do not accept its canonical value, yet we as Catholics accepts Tobit and indeed its an inspiration.; May 7, 2008 at 4:47 AM
Anonymous said...: Just a note that I'm posting a three part interview with Conchia Gonzales, the main seer at Garabandal, about her experiences with the apparitions of Saint Michael the Archangel, starting on 5/10/08 USA time. My Blog is
http://whatisgarabandal.blogspot.com/
I have been praying the St. Michael Chaplet for almost 40 years daily, I love the holy Angels of God!; May 9, 2008 at 8:02 PM

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A 13 years old boy............. in 1983, but now I am a golden boy, gaining weight and wiser, but younger at heart. I consider myself as a “novus ordo baby” because I was born in the late 60s after the 2nd Vatican Council introduced the novus ordo missae and grew up confronted by the confusions as a result. Like my generation I never saw what the church was like prior to Vatican II, but I am a living witness to the gradual disappearance of religious traditions we hold dear. Young as I was then I could not understand what was going on. But I suffered the sense of loss as I saw how the modernizing influence in the church disfigured the liturgy and clouded the way we believe and practice our faith. But then being a child, powerless, not knowing what it was, and why it happened, I simply drifted into the sea of confusion, too young to understand. With a glimmer of faith in my heart, planted by baptism and confirmation, strengthened by the sound teachings of my parents and grandparents, I sailed into the sea of life, day after day, seeing the changes happen, feeling the sense of abandonment, yet God was merciful to me. In 2005 I discovered the Traditional Latin Mass or commonly known in the post-conciliar period as the Tridentine Mass. I began to love the rite of mass that has nourished my ancestors, the saints and the martyrs. I am eternally grateful to His Holiness Pope John Paul II for recognizing the rightful aspirations of Catholics attached to the ancient forms of the Roman Rite through his apostolic letter ECCLESIA DEI DI AFFLICTA. I am also eternally grateful to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for liberating the Traditional Latin Mass through his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum. I fully agree with the program of his pontificate regarding the Hermeneutics of Continuity and disdain the hermeneutics of rupture. Today I consider myself a Traditional Roman Catholic attached to the liturgical discipline of 1962 as outlined in the Motu Proprio SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM of his Holiness. I believe that there is only one Roman Rite, the Ordinary and the Extraordinary and that the Mass in whatever form should be celebrated with dignity. My voyage is on. Join me in this quest.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The Commander of the Hosts of God

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