Feast Day:
September 29
 Memorials
29
September
8
May - Apparition of Saint Michael and Protector of Cornwall
Profile
Archangel. Leader of the army of God during the Lucifer uprising. Devotion
is common to Muslims, Christians and Jews with writings about him in all
three cultures. Considered the guardian angel of Israel.
The feast of the Apparition of Saint Michael commemorates the 6th
century appearance of the archangel on Mount Gargano near Manfredonia in
southern Italy.
Michael requested a church built in his honor at the site. If you find
medals or holy cards with 'relics' of Michael, they are probably rock
chips from the cave, or pieces of cloth that have touched it.
Born
not applicable
Died
hasn't
Name
Meaning
Who is like God? (the battle cry of the heaven forces during the uprising)
Patronage
against temptations,
ambulance drivers,
artists,
bakers,
battle,
boatmen,
Brussels Belgium,
Caltanissett Sicily,
coopers,
Cornwall England,
danger at sea,
dying people,
emergency medical technicians,
EMTs,
fencing,
Germany,
greengrocers,
grocers,
haberdashers,
hatmakers,
hatters,
holy death,
knights,
mariners,
milleners,
Papua New Guinea,
paramedics,
paratroopers,
police officers,
Puebla Mexico,
radiologists,
radiotherapists,
sailors,
San Miguel de Allende Mexico,
security forces,
security guards,
Sibenik Croatia,
sick people,
soldiers,
Spanish police officers,
storms at sea,
swordsmiths,
watermen
Representation
dragon; scales; sword
Prayers
Prayer I to...,
Prayer II
to...,
Prayer III
to...,
...for Help
Against Spiritual Enemies,
Prayer V to...,
Novena Prayer
to...,
Police
Officer's Prayer to...
Reading
You should be aware that the word "angel" denotes a function
rather than a nature. Those holy spirits of heaven have indeed always been
spirits. They can only be called angels when they deliver some message.
Moreover, those who deliver messages of lesser importance are called
angels; and those who proclaim messages of supreme importance are called
archangels.
Whenever
some act of wondrous power must be performed, Michael is sent, so that his
action and his name may make it clear that no one can do what God does by
his superior power.
from
a homily by Pope
Saint Gregory
the Great
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