God's Messengers

^{Luke 1: 47-51}  

^{Jesus Meets Nathaniel}

⁴⁷ When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”

⁴⁸ “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

⁴⁹ Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”

⁵⁰ Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” ⁵¹ He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you  will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”

We celebrate the Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.who, except for Gabriel, do not appear in any Gospel, so this passage, because of the reference to "the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man", was chosen for today. Michael is called "the Prince of the Angels" because of his leadership in the battle against Satan and is always depicted as a warrior in armor.  Gabriel is best known for his role in the Annunciation and his name means "Strength of God".  Raphael, "God has healed" plays an essential role in the Book of Tobit. We honor them as God's messengers and pray that they might continue to guide us.as they did the others to whom they were assigned.

Bro. Rene