RIDER on BBC Songs of Praise 'I Believe in Angels' after the 7 days broadcast.

 
At the National Gallery 150 paintings of Angels,
with Our Lady, Nativity and Saints.

Rider to the Broadcast I believe in angels ! - YouTube ► 4:42► 4:42 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuB7cJR3ZiI May 1, 2011 - Uploaded by peoplepassion ABBA Lyrics: I have a dream... a song to sing, to help me cope with anything ... I believe in angels ...  http://angelsandsaintsandus.blogspot.co.uk/  Saturday, September 29, 2012   Feast of the Archangels http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lorenzo-costa-the-adoration-of-the-shepherds-with-angels The Adoration of the Shepherds with Angels about 1499, Lorenzo Costa    There are nine choirs of music-making angels on each side of the Holy Family and adoring shepherds. Two larger angels, centre, blowing trumpets, herald the arrival of a further group of angels bearing the Instruments of the Passion. HYMNS ·        1. Praise, My Soul, The King Of ·        2. Angel Voices Ever Singing Choir 3 All Through The Night  Sir Willard White      4 At The Name Of Jesus  Choir  ·       5. In Heavenly Love Abiding 6. Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise, 7. When at night I go to sleep. Evening Prayer BBC Radio 2 Choristers Of The Year 2009: Jacquelyne Hill & Laurence Kilsby ·              ·            Factsheet for Sunday 3rd February 2013 Pam Rhodes meets people who believe they have encountered angels and introduces some popular angelic hymns. ·            Interviewees Here is some background information on the contributors that appeared on this week's programme;  ROY GODWIN  Roy Godwin was travelling with his wife and children on a road through a dense forest one frosty night in December 1981 when he crashed with another vehicle who was travelling on the wrong side of the road. His family were removed from the car and taken off to hospital but Roy was trapped in the damaged vehicle with major injuries. Suddenly a strange figure came through the forest and sat down beside him on the passenger seat. The encounter was unusual, not least because of the unusual words the stranger spoke and Roy believes that the mysterious figure might have been an angel.  DR PAULA GOODER  Dr Paula Gooder is a freelance writer and lecturer in Biblical Studies. She explains the origin of the word “angel” and explores the potential different meanings of the word in both the Old and New Testaments. She also ponders why Christians today often don’t talk about angels despite being surrounded by depictions of them in stained glass windows in many churches. Finally she reveals her own beliefs about what constitutes an angelic encounter.  WALLACE AND MARY BROWN  Wallace Brown felt called by God to leave his leafy parish in Leicestershire and continue his ministry on a council estate in Birmingham. So he became the vicar of St Boniface’s Church in Quinton. But he and his wife Mary soon discovered that a violent gang gathered every day around the walls of the church. After several months, they were finding life there very difficult but Mary felt that God was calling them to pray for guardian angels to protect the walls of the church, so they did – with seemingly miraculous results.  LORNA BYRNE  Lorna Byrne says she has seen angels since she was a tiny child and has written several books about her experiences including “Angels in my Hair”. She describes how angels appear to her and how she believes that everyone, no matter what their religion or what sort of person they are, has their own guardian angel.  www.lornabyrne.com Lorna Byrne   www.lornabyrne.com/ A Message of Hope from the Angels by Lorna Byrne Read more →. someone to watch over you. Someone is watching over you, an inspirational music video ... ·            Locations   ·        The National Gallery  Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN

COMMENT: Angels in Common Preface II

612 The Order of Mass

COMMON PREFACE II

Salvation through Christ

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,

always and everywhere to give you thanks,

Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.

For in goodness you created man

and, when he was justly condemned,

in mercy you redeemed him,

through Christ our Lord.

Through him the Angels praise your majesty,

Dominions adore and Powers tremble before you.

Heaven and the Virtues of heaven and the blessed Seraphim

worship together with exultation.

May our voices, we pray, join with theirs

in humble praise, as we acclaim:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts . . .

Guardian Angel of Portugal, Angel of Peace

We wondered, after restoring memories of the account of Angel at Fatima, who is the name? In fact the Angel identified himself to the children of "Loca do Cabeço" in the three apparitions preparing the way for Our Lady of Fatima. Below, we find the children illustrations of the angelic event. It may be more apt from YouTune video. I am the Angel of Peace Apparitions of the angel of Portugal to the children of Fatima  http://www.lovecrucified.com/mary/fatima_angel.html First Apparition In the spring of 1916, three shepherd children, LUCIA DOS SANTOS, aged ten, JACINTA MARTO, aged seven, and her brother FRANCISCO MARTO, aged nine, saw an Angel while they were tending their family’s flock of sheep near their home, at a place called "Loca do Cabeço". After having lunch and saying their prayers, the three little children saw a light above the trees that stretched away towards the east, whiter than snow, in the form of a young man, transparent, and brighter than crystal pierced by the rays of the sun. The Angel identified himself as the Angel of Peace and told the children to pray to Jesus and Mary, in saying the following words: "My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love you! I ask pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You" Second Apparition The second apparition of the Angel took place at the height of summer. The three little Shepherds spend the siesta hours in the shade of the trees when, suddenly, the same Angel appeared again with the message that prayer and sacrifice would bring peace to their country: "Pray! Pray very much! The Hearts of Jesus and Mary have designs of mercy on you. Offer prayers and sacrifices constantly to the Most High. Make of everything you can a sacrifice, and offer it to God as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners. You will thus draw down peace upon your country. I am its Angel Guardian, the Angel of Portugal. Above all, accept and bear with submission, the suffering which the Lord will send you". These words impressed deeply the three children. They were like a light which made them understand who God is, his love, the value of sacrifice and the grace of conversion to sinners. From then on, Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco began to offer to the Lord all that mortified them. Third Apparition The third apparition of the Angel must have been in October or in the end of September. The three little Shepherds were praying the Rosary when the Angel appeared, holding a chalice in his hands, with a Host above it from which some drops of Blood were falling into the sacred vessel. Leaving the Chalice and the Host suspended in the air, the Angel prostrated himself on the ground and repeated three times the following prayer: "Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly, and I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference with which He Himself is offended. And, through the infinite merits of his most sacred Heart, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of You the conversion of poor sinners". Then, rising, he once more took the chalice and the Host in his hands. He gave the Host to Lucia, and to Jacinta and Francisco he gave the Contents of the chalice to drink, saying as he did so: "Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men. Repair their crimes and console your God". Once again, he prostrated himself on the ground and repeated with the little Shepherds three times more the same prayer "Most Holy Trinity…". Then he disappeared. This clip is about the Angel of Peace who appeared to the  children three times in 1916 (before Our Lady appeared  the following year in Fatima) You can read the story of the Angel of Peace here->  http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/emchildren_pdf/emc_21_22_fatima.pdf You can read the story of the Angel of Peace here->  http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/emchildren_pdf/emc_21_22_fatima.pdf   PORTUGAL, 1916    The Angel of Peace, Fatima                               The Angel of Peace appeared three times to the little shepherds of Fatima to prepare them for the future apparitions of the Virgin Mary and to lift them up with Holy Communion to the supernatural state. During the third apparition, the Angel gave Holy Communion to Lucia with a Host from which fell some drops of the Precious Blood which were gathered in the chalice. Francisco and Jacinta, who had not yet made their First Communion, were instead given the contents of the chalice in its place. In this apparition the Angel said to them: “Take and drink he Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, which has suffered such horrible outrages from ungrateful men. Make reparation for their crimes and so give consolation to your God.”   + + + + + + + + W. keeps us turning the wheels of the Angels. As you mentioned the Eucharist in the Mass brings to fore centre in the Roman Canon. Something lovely to add in the Fatima Network. "In humble prayer we ask you, almighty God:  command that these gifts be borne by the hands of your holy Angel to your altar on high in the sight of your divine majesty,  so that all of us, who through the participation at the altar receive the most holy Body and Blood of your Son may be filled with every grace and heavenly blessing. (Through Christ our Lord. Amen)" Tradition identifies Michael as the Angel in the First Eucharist Prayer.

Guardian Angels by St. Bernard

The picture is the cover of the celebration of the Angels
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In the Night Office we listened to St. Bernard on the Guardian Angels.  
                                    .
An addled brain cannot measure up to Bernard but the symphony of the music of his language, Latin or English, carries the mind and heart to his love. 

Reading	A sermon by St Bernard

That they might guard you in all your ways

He has given his angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways. Let them thank the Lord for his mercy; his wonderful works are for the children of men. Let them give thanks and say among the nations, the Lord has done great things for them. O Lord, what is man that you have made yourself known to him, or why do you incline your heart to him? And you do incline your heart to him; you show him your care and your concern. Finally, you send your only Son and the grace of your Spirit, and promise him a vision of your countenance. And so, that nothing in heaven should be wanting in your concern for us, you send those blessed spirits to serve us, assigning them as our guardians and our teachers.

  He has given his angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways. These words should fill you with respect, inspire devotion and instil confidence; respect for the presence of angels, devotion because of their loving service, and confidence because of their protection. And so the angels are here; they are at your side, they are with you, present on your behalf. They are here to protect you and to serve you. But even if it is God who has given them this charge, we must nonetheless be grateful to them for the great love with which they obey and come to help us in our great need.

  So let us be devoted and grateful to such great protectors; let us return their love and honour them as much as we can and should. Yet all our love and honour must go to him, for it is from him that they receive all that makes them worthy of our love and respect.

  We should then, my brothers, show our affection for the angels, for one day they will be our co-heirs just as here below they are our guardians and trustees appointed and set over us by the Father. We are God’s children although it does not seem so, because we are still but small children under guardians and trustees, and for the present little better than slaves.

  Even though we are children and have a long, a very long and dangerous way to go, with such protectors what have we to fear? They who keep us in all our ways cannot be overpowered or led astray, much less lead us astray. They are loyal, prudent, powerful. Why then are we afraid? We have only to follow them, stay close to them, and we shall dwell under the protection of God’s heaven.

Responsory

He has commanded his angels to keep you in all your ways; they shall bear you upon their hands lest you strike your foot against a stone.

Upon you no evil shall fall, no plague approach where you dwell; they shall bear you upon their hands lest you strike your foot against a stone.

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Let us pray.

Lord God,

  in your all-wise providence you send angels to guard and protect us.

Surround us with their watchful care on earth,

  and give us the joy of their company for ever in heaven.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

  who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

  one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

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Let us bless the Lord.

– Thanks be to God.

All Angels, a sermon by John Henry Newman

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Picture, with acknowledgement -thank you.

 

On earth as it is in heaven…

Artwork of the front cover: The Archangels Triumphing over Lucifer(1516), Marco d’Oggiono (c. 1470-1530), Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy. © akg-images / Erich Lessing.

Created “with the seal of perfection, of complete wisdom and perfect beauty” (Ez 28:12), the angel Lucifer (Light-bearer), weary of worshipping, wanted to be worshipped. He revolts against God and draws away a third of the angels in his mad enterprise (Rv 12:4). A great battle in heaven ensues, and Michael (Who is like God), at the head of the army of faithful angels, triumphs and casts the vanquished into the abyss. In this painting, Marco d’Oggiono proposes that we meditate upon the repercussions, in our own everyday lives, of this incomprehensible mystery of iniquity, as Saint Paul puts it (2 Thes 2:7). This is why the artist depicts Lucifer nude, in a caricature of the wicked man who falls headlong into the pit of his own passions. It is also why he portrays the victorious Michael flanked by Gabriel (God is strong) and Raphaël (God heals). The invisible, spiritual conflict that sets angel against angel plays itself out at the heart of our lives as well. Wherever the celestial powers who remain faithful accomplish their mission in the service of our salvation, the angels of darkness rage on in the attempt to render useless the redemption wrought for us by the blood of Christ.

At the center of our spiritual combat, Michael comes to our aid with the might of his arm and extends over us the protection of his radiant wings. At his right stands Gabriel. He comes to reveal for us the benevolent plan of God and to gather up our “Fiat.” At his left Raphaël comes to heal our vices and to take us by the hand, guiding us over the perilous passes along the steep path of salvation.   ■ Pierre-Marie Varennes

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29 September

Saint Michael and All Angels

Gospel

From the gospel according to John (1:47-51)

Third Reading

From a sermon by John Henry Newman (Parochial and Plain Sermons, volume 4, pages 200-204. 207-209)

There are two worlds, "the visible and the invisible," as the Creed speaks, - the world we see, and the world we do not see; and the world which we do not see as really exists as the world we do see. It really exists, though we see it not. The world that we see, we know to exist, because we see it. All that meets our eyes forms one world. It is an immense world; it reaches to the stars. It is everywhere; and it seems to leave no room for any other world.

And yet in spite of this universal world which we see, there is another world, quite as far-spreading, quite as close to us, and more wonderful; another world all around us, though we see it not, and more wonderful than the world we see. For, first of all, he is there who is above all beings, who has created all, before whom they all are as nothing, and with whom nothing can be compared. Almighty God, we know, exists more really and absolutely than any of those fellow-men whose existence is conveyed to us through the senses; yet we see him not, hear him not, we do but "feel after him," yet without finding him.   

Angels in their place

29 September [Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, archangels] Jn 1:47-51  And he said to him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.(51) “NT tends to put angels in their place?” Quote: Early Christianity inherited Jewish beliefs about angels, but the interest is much diminished.  The angel of the Annunciation has a permanent place in Christian spirituality, but the New Testament tends if anything to put angels in their place.  So in Heb. 1, angels are inferior to the Son; in 1 Cor 13:1 the eloquence of angels takes second place to love; and in 1 Pet 1:12 the angels are seen as envying the Christian.  http://goodnews.ie/news.php?dt=2010-09-29  The Quote tends to demythologizing. The celebration of the Liturgy reads from a very different hymn sheet. The New Testament, on a Google count, has the word “angels” occur more than in Old Testament: ”Angels in Old Testament”, about 1,630,000 results (0.24 seconds) “Angels in New Testament”, 2,020,000 results (0.20 seconds). “Angels” in King James Version: 185 occurrences. In New Testament G32   ́αγγελος    angelos        ag Total KJV Occurrences: 185 angel, 96 Mat_1:20, Mat_1:24, Mat_2:13, Mat_2:19, Mat_28:2, Mat_28:5, Luk_1:11, Luk_1:13, Luk_1:18-19 (2), Luk_1:26, Luk_1:28, Luk_1:30, Luk_1:34-35 (2), Luk_1:38, Luk_2:9-10 (2), Luk_2:13, Luk_2:21, Luk_22:43, Joh_5:4, Joh_12:29, Act_5:19, Act_6:15, Act_7:30, Act_7:35, Act_7:38, Act_8:26, Act_10:3, Act_10:7, Act_10:22, Act_11:13, Act_12:7-11 (5), Act_12:23, Act_23:8-9 (2), Act_27:23, 2Co_11:14, Gal_1:8, Gal_4:14, Rev_2:1 (2), Rev_2:8, Rev_2:12, Rev_2:18, Rev_3:1, Rev_3:7, Rev_3:14, Rev_8:2-3 (3), Rev_8:5, Rev_8:7-8 (2), Rev_8:10, Rev_8:12-13 (2), Rev_9:1, Rev_9:11, Rev_9:13-14 (2), Rev_10:1, Rev_10:5, Rev_10:7-9 (3), Rev_11:1, Rev_11:15, Rev_14:6, Rev_14:8-9 (2), Rev_14:15, Rev_14:17-19 (3), Rev_16:3-5 (3), Rev_16:8, Rev_16:10, Rev_16:12, Rev_16:17, Rev_17:7, Rev_18:1, Rev_18:21, Rev_19:17, Rev_20:1, Rev_21:17, Rev_22:6, Rev_22:8, Rev_22:16 angels, 80 Mat_4:6, Mat_4:11, Mat_13:39, Mat_13:41, Mat_13:49, Mat_16:27, Mat_18:10, Mat_24:30-31 (2), Mat_24:36, Mat_25:31, Mat_25:41, Mat_26:53, Mar_1:13, Mar_8:38, Mar_12:25, Mar_13:27, Mar_13:32, Luk_2:15, Luk_4:10, Luk_9:26, Luk_15:8-10 (3), Luk_24:22-23 (2), Joh_1:51, Joh_20:12, Act_7:53, Rom_8:38, 1Co_4:9, 1Co_6:3, 1Co_11:10, 1Co_13:1, Gal_3:19, Col_2:18, 2Th_1:7, 1Ti_3:16, 1Ti_5:21, Heb_1:4-7 (5), Heb_1:13, Heb_2:2, Heb_2:5, Heb_2:7, Heb_2:9, Heb_2:16, Heb_12:22, Heb_13:2, 1Pe_1:12, 1Pe_3:22, 2Pe_2:4, 2Pe_2:11, Jud_1:6, Rev_1:20, Rev_3:5, Rev_5:11, Rev_7:1-2 (2), Rev_7:11, Rev_8:2, Rev_8:6, Rev_9:13-15 (3), Rev_12:7 (2), Rev_14:9-10 (2), Rev_15:1, Rev_15:6-8 (3), Rev_17:1 (2), Rev_21:9, Rev_21:12 messenger, 4 Mat_11:10, Mar_1:2, Luk_7:27, 2Co_12:7 messengers, 3 Luk_7:24, Luk_9:52, Jam_2:25 angel’s, 2 Rev_8:4, Rev_10:10 A list of passages from the New Testament with the word angel or in Greek, aggelos. 169 Occurrences, http://www.sage.edu/faculty/salomd/ld/angels.html  The Liturgy The Liturgy embodies every Biblical angelic sense. It is extended to the writings of the Fathers. St. Bernard is eloquent on the choirs of angels. With the recent Beatification of John Henry Newman in mind, it is joyful to reproduce this reading. + + + SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS Gospel                  From the gospel according to John (1:47-51) Third Reading       From a sermon by John Henry  (Parochial and Plain Sermons, volume 4, pages 200-204. 207-209) There are two worlds, "the visible and the invisible," as the Creed speaks, - the world we see, and the world we do not see; and the world which we do not see as really exists as the world we do see. It really exists, though we see it not. The world that we see we know to exist, because we see it. All that meets our eyes forms one world. It is an immense world; it reaches to the stars. It is everywhere; and it seems to leave no room for any other world. And yet in spite of this universal world which we see, there is another world, quite as far-spreading, quite as close to us, and more wonderful; another world all around us, though we see it not, and more wonderful than the world we see. For, first of all, he is there who is above all beings, who has created all, before whom they all are as nothing, and with whom nothing can be compared. Almighty God, we know, exists more really and absolutely than any of those fellow-men whose existence is conveyed to us through the senses; yet we see him not, hear him not, we do but "feel after him," yet without finding him. Angels also are inhabitants of the world invisible. They are said to be "ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation." No Christian is so humble but he has angels to attend on him, if he lives by faith and love. Though they are so great, so glorious, so pure, so wonderful, that the very sight of them (if we were allowed to see them) would strike us to the earth, as it did the prophet Daniel, holy and righteous as he was; yet they are our "fellow-servants" and our fellow-workers, and they carefully watch over and defend even the humblest of us, if we be Christ's. The world of spirits then, though unseen, is present; present, not future, not distant. It is not above the sky, it is not beyond the grave; it is now and here; the kingdom of God is among us. We look, says St. Paul, not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. Such is the hidden kingdom of God; and; as it is now hidden, so in due season it shall be revealed. Men think that they are lords of the world, and may do as they will. They think this earth their property, and its movements in their power; whereas it has other lords besides them, and is the scene of a higher conflict than they are capable of conceiving. It contains Christ's little ones whom they despise, and his angels whom they disbelieve; and these at length shall take possession of it and be manifested. At the appointed time there will be a manifestation of the sons of God, and the hidden saints shall shine out as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. When the angels appeared to the shepherds it was a sudden appearance, Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host. How wonderful a sight! The night had before that seemed just like any other night; as the evening on which Jacob saw the vision seemed like any other evening. They were keeping watch over their sheep; they were watching the night as it passed. They had no idea of such a thing when the angel appeared. Such are the power and virtue hidden in things which are seen, and at God's will they are manifested. They were manifested for a moment to Jacob, for a moment to Elisha's servant, for a moment to the shepherds. They will be manifested for ever when Christ comes at the Last Day in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Then this world will fade away and the other world will shine forth.