Tag: "angels"

Book Review: Natures of Fire by Peter Darcy
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Book Review: Natures of Fire by Peter Darcy

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                Peter Darcy has written a new book called Natures of Fire: God’s Magnificent Angels and Study Guide.  This is an excellent book about the power of the prayer and care of angels in our lives.  At the very core of the book and study guide is learning who angels really are in our lives.  […]

Teaching Children About the Angels
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Teaching Children About the Angels

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Fall is here and my mind turns to the angels.  As the leaves drop and remind us of our earthly transience, our thoughts settle on the spiritual world which is usually hidden from our senses, the world of Heaven, in which dwell the saints and angels.  And so, we celebrate the feasts of the Archangels […]

What Puts the “Arch” in Archangel?
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What Puts the “Arch” in Archangel?

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Today is the Feast of the Archangels, specifically Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, whose proper names are divinely revealed in the Sacred Scriptures. Happy Feast! Angels are beautiful. They are “spiritual, non-corporeal beings” whose existence is “a truth of faith” (CCC #328). They “have intelligence and will: they are personal and immortal creatures, surpassing in perfection […]

Do Catholics Believe in Ghosts?
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Do Catholics Believe in Ghosts?

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When I was ten years old I had a direct encounter with a ghost. My brother and I were playing in our bedroom, which was in the attic, of our three-story house in New Jersey. There were steep stairs leading up to the bedroom from the third floor walk way. My brother and I were […]

St. Michael, Archangel
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St. Michael, Archangel

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“MI-CA-EL,” or “Who is like to God?” Such was the cry of the great Archangel when he smote the rebel Lucifer in the conflict of the heavenly hosts, and from that hour he has been known as “Michael,” the captain of the armies of God, the type of divine fortitude, the champion of every faithful […]

From Angels We Have Heard
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From Angels We Have Heard

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“The Word became flesh” (John 1.14) is a central tenet of Christian truth. It’s what Christmas is about ? not some little fat man in a red suit. Jesus is the Word that became flesh. The Incarnation: God made man.  It is a unique and singular historical event so significant that the universe rejoiced. Saint […]

Angels, Smiles, and Saints:  An Interview With Roma Downey
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Angels, Smiles, and Saints: An Interview With Roma Downey

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When most people think of Roma Downey, they think of angels due to her long-standing role as Monica in Touched by an Angel.  It will probably come as no surprise that she is the executive producer of an exciting new DVD series for children called Little Angels.  She took a few minutes out of her […]

Book Review <em>Invisible World</em>
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Book Review Invisible World

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How many unfinished books do you have lying around the house? One, two, maybe even half a dozen? I used to think it was just me, but then someone mentioned her stack of unfinished books and I realized that there were more people “out there” that suffered through the same dreadful, almost embarrassing, book-reading experience […]