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Hey there, sprouts, today Today is Friday, September 29th, 2020. Today is also the feast of Michaelmas or the feast of the archangels. Today is a great feast day. In the past, it was a holy day of obligation,

hundreds and hundreds of years ago. No longer is it a holy day of obligation, but it is still a

great day to go to Mass and also to celebrate the great gift of angels to realize that in this

world, there is so much more than we can see and hear and touch and

see. There is so much more. Now, three of these things that we cannot see are the archangels.

Now, the archangels are very important angels that are spoken about in Holy Scripture. Just a little reminder,

an angel is a completely spiritual being. So we know as human beings, we have a body that we can

touch, but there is also a soul within us, a spirit. So angels don't have bodies, but they do have that spirit.

Also, there are tons of angels.

And just like each human being is different and created with loving attention by God,

so are the angels.

They're each different.

Now, the three that we know, the archangels, their names are

Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael, and each of their names has an important meaning. So the one that

you might not know very well is Raphael. He appears in the book of Tobit in the Old Testament,

and his name means God has healed.

In the book of Tobit, you read that Raphael is a traveler.

He comes, he befriends Tobias.

When a fish attempts to kill Tobias, Raphael tells him to catch the fish, and then Raphael uses this fish to heal a woman

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