10 facts about st. michael the archangel
Saint michael the archangel...
Saint Michael
This great prince, Saint Michael, is the general patron and protector of the holy Catholic Church. He was also a special witness and faithful minister of the mysteries of the Incarnation and Redemption.
In the Old Testament, of the earth Moses says that it was void, which he does not say of the heavens; for God had created the angels at the instant indicated by the word of Moses: “God said: Let there be light, and light was made.” He speaks here not only of material light, but also of the intellectual or angelic lights.
What is saint michael the patron saint of
Saint Michael and the angels were created in the empyrean heavens that they might be first to merit the reward of glory. In the first instant they were all created and endowed with graces and gifts, coming into existence as most beautiful and perfect creatures.
Though they were in the midst of heaven, the Divinity itself was not to be made manifest to them face to face and unveiled until they should have merited such a favor by obeying the Divine