Let’s not forget the Holy Mass today, we commemorate the feast of the Archangels

Archangel can be mentioned in the biblical New Testament tradition even without a name: „For at the command, at the voice of the archangel and the sound of God’s trumpet, the Lord himself he will descend from heaven and those who died in Christ will rise first.“ (1Sol 4, 16)

According to an old Hebrew tradition, Lucifer was also an archangel (Hebrew Héllel ben Sáchára), meaning ‘Son of the Morning Star’. This term was translated into Greek as ‘Heosphoros’ and into Latin as ‘Lucifer’. Unlike the other archangels, Lucifer did not stand the test; he fell and became the leader of a third of the fallen angels who seek to turn mankind away from God.

The Catholic Church teaches that angels exist. This dogma was adopted at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. Scripture usually refers to angels as created spiritual beings with sharp minds and free will, and describes them according to their function as messengers. When Scripture talks about their ‘wings’, ‘hands’, ‘faces’, it is symbolic speech. This dogma, which states that ‘angels are purely spiritual creatures’, was also adopted at the same Diet.

The revelation of angels (Anglomania) is described in both the Old and New Testaments as an objective fact. Every anglophone is by God’s decision and involves a good angel. Anglophone is always initially associated with surprise and fright. The anglophone of a good angel gradually grows into extraordinary joy, but the anglophone of a devil grows into horror. During the Anglophone period, angels take human form so as not to frighten those to whom they appear.

During the 1890s, a period of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIII had a vision of the devil and demons attacking Rome. Therefore, he ordered that the silent Tridentine Mass be said to pray to St Michael’s special prayers to the archangel. During the Tridentine Mass, these prayers were most often recited in Latin under the direction of a priest.

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against evil and the devil’s plot. May God show him His power, we humbly ask. A you, prince of the heavenly army, by the power of God, drive Satan and other evil spirits who roam the world to the destruction of souls.