The Lamb’s Supper Week 8 Angels Part 1 The Book of Revelation is full of angels, good ones and bad ones, and John’s Apocalypse gives strong evidence that good ones join with us at every Holy Mass. In fact, we “join our voices with the angelic hosts”, singing “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts, heaven and earth are full of your glory…” That sacred song is found in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Isaiah 6:3 (RSV2CE) 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” Revelation 4:8 (RSV2CE) 8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all round and within, and day and night they never cease to sing, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Most of us have had very little teaching on angels, Scott tells us they are pure spirits, with no physical bodies called of God to participate with, and to carry out the grace and glory of God. But here is something I did not know, they are not only are guardians and messengers from God, they are also our spiritual elder brothers. Pope Francis calls them our “brothers in vocation” assisting us on our journey toward heaven. Each church has an angel assigned specifically to that church…that is a powerful understanding. St. Teresa has an angel whose responsibility is to watch over and protect. Revelation 2:1 (RSV2CE) 1 “To the angel of the Church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. The Hebrew word for angel is “malak”, it means literally messenger. The Greek is “anggelos”, and Latin is “angelus”, and again both mean our English word messenger. Think of how many times we read in the Bible of an angel dispatched to deliver a message. There is a whole “New Age” cult that has sprung up in recent decades. Satan will do anything to get our eye off the ball, he would much rather we worship angels than Jesus Himself. Even the angels get upset with men trying to worship them. If you want to see an angel express Holy anger, just try
The Lamb’s Supper Week 8 Angels Part 1 The Book of Revelation is full of angels, good ones and bad ones, and John’s Apocalypse gives strong evidence that good ones join with us at every Holy Mass. In fact, we “join our voices with the angelic hosts”, singing “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts, heaven and earth are full of your glory…” That sacred song is found in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Isaiah 6:3 (RSV2CE) 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” Revelation 4:8 (RSV2CE) 8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all round and within, and day and night they never cease to sing, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Most of us have had very little teaching on angels, Scott tells us they are pure spirits, with no physical bodies called of God to participate with, and to carry out the grace and glory of God. But here is something I did not know, they are not only are guardians and messengers from God, they are also our spiritual elder brothers. Pope Francis calls them our “brothers in vocation” assisting us on our journey toward heaven. Each church has an angel assigned specifically to that church…that is a powerful understanding. St. Teresa has an angel whose responsibility is to watch over and protect. Revelation 2:1 (RSV2CE) 1 “To the angel of the Church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. The Hebrew word for angel is “malak”, it means literally messenger. The Greek is “anggelos”, and Latin is “angelus”, and again both mean our English word messenger. Think of how many times we read in the Bible of an angel dispatched to deliver a message. There is a whole “New Age” cult that has sprung up in recent decades. Satan will do anything to get our eye off the ball, he would much rather we worship angels than Jesus Himself. Even the angels get upset with men trying to worship them. If you want to see an angel express Holy anger, just try
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