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"La Luz de Francisco" --- "The light of Frances" --- "La Luce di Francesco"
Published on 15 Nov 2013
"Atiende con los oídos del alma los sonidos innumerables. Esto que aquí se dice es desinteresado: recíbelo con mente pura." = "Listen to the countless sounds with the ears of the soul.Thatbeing said, hereis selflessness: receive himwithpure mind. "
Streamed live on 25 May 2024 - Who are the Angels and why did God create them? What do we know about them and how? Why is St. Michael given a special role and why do you need him? Fr. Chris answers these questions and tells the most incredible story about St. Michael who saved the life of a soldier. Also, he prays the ORIGINAL St. Michael prayer!
The Story of St. Michael: Why you Need Him! Explaining the Faith with Fr. Chris Alar
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ANGELS ARE REAL: 3 Examples - Fr. Mark Goring, CC
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Angels—messengers from God—appear frequently in Scripture,
but only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are named.
Michael appears in Daniel's vision as "the great prince" who defends Israel
against its enemies; in the Book of Revelation, he leads God's armies to final
victory over the forces of evil. Devotion to Michael is the oldest angelic
devotion, rising in the East in the fourth century. The Church in the West began
to observe a feast honoring Michael and the angels in the fifth century. Gabriel also makes an appearance in Daniel's visions, announcing Michael's
role in God's plan. His best-known appearance is an encounter with a young
Jewish girl named Mary, who consents to bear the Messiah. Raphael's activity is confined to the Old Testament story of Tobit. There he
appears to guide Tobit's son Tobiah through a series of fantastic adventures
which lead to a threefold happy ending: Tobiah's marriage to Sarah, the healing
of Tobit's blindness and the restoration of the family fortune. The memorials of Gabriel (March 24) and Raphael (October 24) were added to
the Roman calendar in 1921. The 1970 revision of the calendar joined their
feasts to Michael's.
Comment:
Each of these
archangels performs a different mission in Scripture: Michael protects; Gabriel
announces; Raphael guides. Earlier belief that inexplicable events were due to
the actions of spiritual beings has given way to a scientific world-view and a
different sense of cause and effect. Yet believers still experience God's
protection, communication and guidance in ways which defy description. We cannot
dismiss angels too lightly.
Quote:
"For the honor we pay the angelic creatures in whom you delight redounds to
your own surpassing glory, and by their great dignity and splendor you show how
infinitely great you are, to be exalted above all things, through Christ our
Lord" (Roman Missal, Preface for this feast).
Venga dal Cielo nelle nostre case l’Angelo della pace, Michele, venga
portatore di serena pace e releghi nell’inferno le guerre, fonte di tante
lacrime.
Venga Gabriele, l’Angelo della forza, scacci gli antichi nemici e
visiti i templi cari al Cielo, che Egli trionfatore ha fatto elevare sulla
Terra.
Ci assista Raffaele, l’Angelo che presiede alla salute; venga a guarire
tutti i nostri malati e a dirigere i nostri incerti passi per i sentieri della
vita.
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Quddiesa b'tifkira tat-Trabi li ma tweldux - 29/09/2020
Holy Mass Readings
First reading
Daniel 7:9-10,13-14
As I watched:
Thrones were set in place
and one of great age took his seat.
His robe was white as snow,
the hair of his head as pure as wool.
His throne was a blaze of flames,
its wheels were a burning fire.
A stream of fire poured out,
issuing from his presence.
A thousand thousand waited on him,
ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.
A court was held
and the books were opened.
And I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven,
one like a son of man.
He came to the one of great age
and was led into his presence.
On him was conferred sovereignty,
glory and kingship,
and men of all peoples, nations and languages became his servants.
His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty
which shall never pass away,
nor will his empire ever be destroyed.
OR:
Alternative First reading
Apocalypse 12:7-12
Now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, but they were defeated and driven out of heaven. The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had deceived all the world, was hurled down to the earth and his angels were hurled down with him. Then I heard a voice shout from heaven, ‘Victory and power and empire for ever have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ, now that the persecutor, who accused our brothers day and night before our God, has been brought down. They have triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the witness of their martyrdom, because even in the face of death they would not cling to life. Let the heavens rejoice and all who live there.’
Psalm
Psalm 137:1-5
In the presence of the angels I will bless you, O Lord.
I thank you, Lord, with all my heart:
you have heard the words of my mouth.
In the presence of the angels I will bless you.
I will adore before your holy temple.
In the presence of the angels I will bless you, O Lord.
I thank you for your faithfulness and love,
which excel all we ever knew of you.
On the day I called, you answered;
you increased the strength of my soul.
In the presence of the angels I will bless you, O Lord.
All earth’s kings shall thank you
when they hear the words of your mouth.
They shall sing of the Lord’s ways:
‘How great is the glory of the Lord!’
In the presence of the angels I will bless you, O Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
Ps102:21
Alleluia, alleluia!
Give thanks to the Lord, all his hosts,
his servants who do his will.
Alleluia!
Jn 1:47-51 -- You will see heaven laid open, and the Son of Man - Intom għad taraw l-anġli ta’ Alla.
Evanġelju
Intom għad taraw l-anġli ta’ Alla.
Ġw 1: 47-51
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann
F’dak iż-żmien: [Ġw:1:47] Meta Ġesù ra lil Natanael riesaq lejh, qal: "Hawn hu Israeli li jistħoqqlu dan l-isem; ma hemm ebda qerq fih." [Ġw:1:48] Natanael staqsieh: "Rabbi, kif sirt tafni?"
U Ġesù wieġbu: "Rajtek taħt is-siġra tat-tin qabel ma kellmek Filippu." [Ġw:1:49] "Rabbi," qallu Natanael, "int l-Iben ta' Alla, inti s-sultan ta' Iżrael!" [Ġw:1:50] Ġesù wieġbu: "Qiegħed temmen għax għedtlek li rajtek taħt is-siġra tat-tin? Għad tara ħwejjeġ akbar minn dawn."
[Ġw:1:51] U żied jgħidlu: "Fis-sewws, fis-sewwa ngħidilkom: għad taraw is-sema miftuħ u l-anġli ta' Alla niżlin u telgħin fuq Bin il-bniedem."
Il-Kelma tal-Mulej.
R/. Tifħir lilek Kristu.
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OMELIJA --- 29 ta' Settembru --- Ġw 1:47-51 --- L-Arkanġli Mqaddsa, Mikiel, Gabrijel u Rafel – Festa
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Pope in Santa Marta: We all have struggles that endanger our salvation - Published on Sep 29, 2017
This excerpt from a homily on the Gospels (Hom. 32, 8-9: PL 76, 1250-1251) by St. Gregory the Great is used in the Roman Catholic Office of Readings for the Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael on September 29.
San Mikiel Arkanġlu, idħol għalina fit-taqbida; kun int il-għajnuna tagħna kontra l-ħażen u t-tnassis tad-demonju. Irażżnu Alla, nitolbuk bil-ħerqa. Int l-aqwa fost il-qtajja’ tas-sema, itfa' bil-Qawwa t'Alla, fil-qiegħ ta' l-infern lix-xitan u l-ispirti ħżiena l-oħra li jiġġerrew fid-dinja għat-telfien ta' l-erwieħ. Ammen.
PRAYER to St Michael the Archangel St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the Divine Power, thrust into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Tertullian ---Through the power of the angels, the power of the devil is subject to the power of man
Talba lil San Mikiel Arkanglu - Prayer to St Michael the Archangel --- & --- The Chaplet of St Michael with Mother Angelica --- & --- THE APPARITIONS OF ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL ON MOUNT GARGANO
SAVING MARRIAGE --- LET US GIVE IMPORTANCE TO OFF-DUTY, PERSONAL, QUALITY TIME, TOGETHER --- EVEN SWITCHING OFF MOBILES, COMPUTERS, TELEVISIONS...BECAUSE ALL OF US LOVE TO BE APPRECIATED...GOD TREATS ALL HUMANS WITH DIGNITY, PATIENCE, MERCY, FORGIVENESS............
Min minna qatt ma kellu xi jgħid fiż-żwieġ? Min minna qatt ma staqsa lilu nnifsu: ‘Imma jien x’jien nagħmel hawn?’ Min minna qatt ma għaddielu l-ħsieb minn ġo moħħu li jippakkja u jitlaq? Imma billi aħna nemmnu li l-familja titwieled minn iva reċiproka, responsabbli u definittiva ta’ raġel u mara, wieħed jirbaħ u jwarrab dan il-ħsieb ħażin u jkompli jiddedika ħajtu għall-familja tiegħu.
Dan is-slogan, mend it-don’t end it, ħareġ bih l-imħallef Ingliż, Sir Paul Coleridge, u mill-ewwel laqatni. L-imħallef li għandu esperjenza wiesgħa fil-qasam tal-familja, l-ewwel bħala avukat u issa bħala imħallef, kien qed jitkellem fuq id-diffikultajiet li jgħaddu minnhom il-koppja u l-ulied meta jsofru t-tkissir taż-żwieġ.
Faċli fir-rabja xi ħadd jgħid, ‘daqshekk’, ‘xbajt’, ‘ma niflaħx iżjed.’ Faċli tkisser, faċli tħott, iżda biex tibni u tkompli miexi trid ħafna paċenzja u sabar kif ukoll ħafna għaqal u sens komun. Is-suġġeriment tal-imħallef huwa sempliċi iżda impenjattiv, tkissrux iż-żwieġ, iġġibux fix-xejn, taqtax qalbek. Kompli aħdem għalih, ara kif tista’ ssewwih, ara kif tista’ tirranġah. Agħraf li aħjar miżżewweġ milli separat jew iddivorzjat. Hu jgħid li, ‘breakdown in families is as destructive as effects of global warming.’
Coleridge jgħid li t-tisħiħ taż-żwieġ jiddependi l-aktar: a. mill-għażliet personali li wieħed jagħmel. b. mill-imġiba u l-aġir tal-persuna; u ċ. mill-kultura u l-arja li fiha qed ngħixu.
Għalhekk, kull miżżewweġ jagħmel tajjeb meta jistaqsi lilu nnifsu:
a. L-għażliet tiegħi u d-deċiżjonijiet tiegħi ta’ kuljum, juru tassew li jien għandi l-familja għal qalbi?
b. L-imġiba u l-aġir tiegħi, juru li jien tassew miżżewweġ? Waħda mir-raġunijiet għaliex nilbsu ċ-ċurkett tat-tieġ f’subgħajna huwa sewwasew biex dejjem ifakkarna li aħna miżżewġin.
ċ. Jien qed inkun immexxi mill-kultura u l-arja ta’ madwarna jew aktar mill-prinċipji li nemmen fihom? Jekk qed inkun immexxi iżjed mill-kultura għaliex qed narmi l-prinċipji li trawwimt fihom?
Naħseb li l-punti li jqajjem Sir Paul huma relevanti ħafna għalina biex inkomplu nħarsu ż-żwieġ u l-familja. Hija ħasra li llum il-ġurnata, ngħidu aħna, il-kelma maħfra fiż-żwieġ ma għadhiex daqshekk moda, donnha qed tgħib mill-vokabolarju tagħna. Il-maħfra hija għażla. Il-maħfra hija deċiżjoni u determinazzjoni li nkompli nemmen fiż-żwieġ u fil-kelma li tajt. Il-maħfra llum forsi tidher bluha iżda hija maturità Nisranija kbira li tqawwik biex tkompli taħdem għaż-żwieġ. Il-maħfra hija grazzja li wieħed jgħix bil-qawwa ta’ Alla. Huwa veru li m’intix sa tinsa l-weġgħa tal-imgħoddi iżda huwa daqstant ieħor veru li tista’ taħdem ukoll fuq il-memorja tiegħek u tħalli lil Alla jdewwi l-feriti tal-imgħoddi u tibqa’ miexi ’l quddiem.
Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For all his toil, his toil under the sun, what does man gain by it?
A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever. The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises. Southward goes the wind, then turns to the north; it turns and turns again; back then to its circling goes the wind. Into the sea all the rivers go, and yet the sea is never filled, and still to their goal the rivers go. All things are wearisome. No man can say that eyes have not had enough of seeing, ears their fill of hearing. What was will be again; what has been done will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun. Take anything of which it may be said, ‘Look now, this is new.’ Already, long before our time, it existed. Only no memory remains of earlier times, just as in times to come next year itself will not be remembered.
Psalm
Psalm 89:3-6,12-14,17
O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.
You turn men back to dust
and say: ‘Go back, sons of men.’
To your eyes a thousand years
are like yesterday, come and gone,
no more than a watch in the night.
O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.
You sweep men away like a dream,
like the grass which springs up in the morning.
In the morning it springs up and flowers:
by evening it withers and fades.
O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.
Make us know the shortness of our life
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Lord, relent! Is your anger for ever?
Show pity to your servants.
O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.
In the morning, fill us with your love;
we shall exult and rejoice all our days.
Let the favour of the Lord be upon us:
give success to the work of our hands.
O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.
Gospel Acclamation Jn 14:6
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord;
No one can come to the Father except through me.
Alleluia!
Gospel
Luke 9:7-9
Herod the tetrarch had heard about all that was being done by Jesus; and he was puzzled, because some people were saying that John had risen from the dead, others that Elijah had reappeared, still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life. But Herod said, ‘John? I beheaded him. So who is this I hear such reports about?’ And he was anxious to see Jesus.
Lk 9:7-9 -- Herod perplexed - Erodi mħasseb
THURSDAY GOSPEL OF WEEK 25 IN ORDINARY TIME
Evanġelju Lil Ġwanni qtajtlu rasu; mela min hu dan li fuqu qiegħed nisma’ dan
kollu? Lq 9, 7-9
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa
F’dak iż-żmien, [Lq:9:7] dawn il-ġrajja kollha waslu f'widnejn Erodi
t-tetrarka u beda jitħasseb, għaliex xi wħud kienu qegħdin jgħidu li
Ġwanni qam mill-imwiet, [Lq:9:8] waqt li oħrajn qalu li deher Elija, u
oħrajn li qam wieħed mill-profeti ta' l-imgħoddi. [Lq:9:9] Iżda Erodi
qal: "Lil Ġwanni qtajtlu rasu; mela min hu dan li fuqu qiegħed nisma'
dan kollu?" U beda jfittex li jarah.
Il-Kelma tal-Mulej R/. Tifħir lilek Kristu
Pope: Vain Christians are like bubbles. They may look nice, but they're bound to pop - Published on 25 Sep 2014
Father, guide us, as you guide creation according to your law of love. May we love one another and come to perfection in the eternal life prepared for us. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
2) Gospel Reading - Luke 9,7-9
Herod the tetrarch had heard about all
that was going on; and he was puzzled, because some people were saying
that John had risen from the dead, others that Elijah had reappeared,
still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life. But Herod said, ‘John? I beheaded him. So who is this I hear such reports about?’ And he was anxious to see him.
3) Reflection
• Today’s Gospel presents a reaction
from Herod listening to the preaching of Jesus. Herod does not know how
to place himself before Jesus He had killed John the Baptist and now he
wants to see Jesus close to him. It is always threatening. • Luke 9,
7-8: Who is Jesus? The text begins with the exposition of the opinion of
the people and of Herod on Jesus. Some associated Jesus to John the
Baptist and to Elijah. Others identified him with a Prophet, that is,
with a person who speaks in the name of God, who has the courage to
denounce injustices of those in power and who knows how to give hope to
the little ones. He is the Prophet announced in the Old Testament like a
new Moses (Dt 18, 15). These are the same opinions that Jesus received
from the disciples when he asked them: “Who do people say I am?” (Lk 9,
18). Persons tried to understand Jesus starting from things that they
knew, thought and expected. They tried to set him against the background
of the familiar criteria of the Old Testament with its prophecies and
hopes, and of the Tradition of the Ancients with their laws. But these
were insufficient criteria; Jesus could not enter into them, he was much
bigger! • Luke 9, 9: Herod wants to see Jesus. But Herod said:
“John, I beheaded him; so who is this of whom I hear such things?” “And
he was anxious to see him”. Herod, a superstitious man without scruples,
recognizes that he was the murderer of John the Baptist. Now, he wants
to see Jesus. Luke suggests thus that the threats begin to appear on the
horizon of the preaching of Jesus. Herod had no fear to kill John. He
will not be afraid to kill Jesus. On the other side, Jesus does no fear
Herod. When they tell him that Herod wanted to take him to kill him, he
sent someone to tell him: “You may go and give that fox this message:
Look, today and tomorrow I drive out devils and heal, and on the third
day I attain my end.” (Lk 13, 32). Herod has no power over Jesus. When
at the hour of the passion, Pilate sends Jesus to be judged by Herod,
Jesus does not respond anything (Lk 23, 9). Herod does not deserve a
response. • From father to son. Some times the three Herods, who
lived during that time are confused, then the three appear in the New
Testament with the same name: a) Herod, called the Great, governed over
the whole of Palestine from 37 before Christ. He appears at the birth of
Jesus (Mt 2, 1). He kills the new-born babies of Bethlehem (Mt 2, 16).
b) Herod, called Antipas, governed in Galilee from the year 4 to 39
after Christ. He appears at the death of Jesus (Lk 23, 7). He killed
John the Baptist (Mk 6, 14-29). c) Herod, called Agrippa, governed all
over Palestine from the year 41 to 44 after Christ. He appears in the
Acts of the Apostles (Ac 12, 1.20). He killed the Apostle James (Ac 12,
2). When Jesus was about four years old, King Herod, the one who
killed the new-born babies of Bethlehem died (Mt 2, 16). His territory
was divided among his sons, Archelaus, would govern Judea. He was less
intelligent than his father, but more violent. When he assumed the
power, approximately 3000 persons were massacred on the square of the
Temple! The Gospel of Matthew says that Mary and Joseph, when they
learnt that Archelaus had taken over the government of Galilee, were
afraid and returned on the road and went to Nazareth, in Galilee, which
was governed by another son of Herod, called Herod Antipas (Lk 3, 1).
This Antipas governed over 40 years. During the thirty-three years of
Jesus there was no change of government in Galilee. Herod, the Great,
the father of Herod Antipas, had constructed the city of Caesarea
Maritime, inaugurated in the year 15 before Christ. It was the new port
to get out the products of the region. They had to compete with the
large port of Tyron in the North and, thus, help to develop trade and
business in Samaria and in Galilee. Because of this, from the time of
Herod the Great, the agricultural production in Galilee began to
orientate itself no longer according to the needs of the families, as
before, but according to the demands of the market. This process of
change in the economy continued during all the time of the government of
Herod Antipas, another forty years, and found in him an efficient
organizer. All these governors were ‘servants of power’. In fact, the
one who commanded in Palestine, from the year 63 before Christ, was
Rome, the Empire.
4) Personal questions
• It is well always to ask ourselves: Who is Jesus for me? •
Herod wants to see Jesus. His was a superstitious and morbid curiosity.
Others want to see Jesus because they seek a sense for their life. And
I, what motivation do I have which moves me to see and encounter Jesus?
5) Concluding Prayer
Each morning fill us with your faithful love, we shall sing and be happy all our days; let our joy be as long as the time that you afflicted us, the years when we experienced disaster. (Ps 90,14-15)
