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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Thursday, September 27, 2018. It is also the feast day of St. Vincent de Paul.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we have been talking about angels. First, we talked about what an angel is,

and how they are a pure spiritual being

that joins us in praising God.

Next, we cleared up some confusing points on angels,

and we talked about how angels are real,

how we will not become an angel when we die,

and how angels are the true army of God.

Yesterday we talked about our guardian angels and we practice thankfulness that we have a special

angel looking after us at all time. Today we are going to talk about the first archangel, St. Michael the Archangel, and with him,

we are going to talk about the fallen angels. Catholic tradition teaches us that at the beginning

of time when God created the angels, the angels made a choice. And since that time, they have been

resolved and unchangeable in that choice. The angels either chose to serve God or to rebel against

him. Catholic tradition teaches us that the reason why the fallen angels chose to rebel against God

actually had to do with us.

Now, we believe that God does not exist in time, and that at the very moment of creation, it was clear that God would,

at some point in our time, become man and die for us. Now, the fallen angels thought that this

was a ridiculous plan, that God would humble himself, that he would

die for us, humans, us pathetic creatures. And because of this choice, the fallen angels, led by Satan,

rebelled against God. Now, tradition also tells us that St. Michael the archangel is the leader

of the army of angels and that he and the other angels forced Satan into hell. Now, although Satan

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