In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence. I beg your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel,

intercede for me.

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Archangels, and in a little while on October 2nd,

in a few days we will celebrate the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels.

In the first reading, or one of the options of the first reading of today's Mass, we read

these words from the book of Revelation.

And there was a battle in heaven, Michael and his angels battled with the dragon. And the dragon fought in his angels.

And they did not prevail. Neither was their place found any more in heaven.

And that great dragon was cast down the ancient serpent, he who is called the devil and

Satan who leads astray the whole world.

Here in today's first reading, we see how St. Michael, the archangel, is, has a task in heaven, and how he is the prince of heaven,

expelling the demon out. And today, originally, it was the feast of St. Michael only. However, after

the liturgical reform, the church decided to also celebrate the feasts of St. Gabriel

and St. Rayfield today.

And the work of the archangels is really one of service to God,

adoring God, being messengers of God, and helping mankind reach its ultimate end of going back to God.

Those we could say are the functions of the angels and the archangels have a specific

and we could say special purpose in the history of salvation, which are mentioned in the Bible,

and that's why they're called archangels because of the importance

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