In the name of the Father and the Son and 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 ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My emmated mother, St. Joseph, my father and Lord, my guardian angel intercede for me.

September 29th, as I'm sure you're aware, is the feast of the three archangels, St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael.

And it's an important feast in the calendar of the church because it helps us, it's an occasion for us to identify the roles of the angels in our life

and how they can help us by their example, of course, but...

Well, what is the role of an angel? These are not saints like human beings that have lived a certain life these are creatures created by God

for a very specific purpose now when were the angels created exactly like when did they come into

the picture well we can begin by reading from the book of Genesis and read the creation account that was interpreted in a very unique way by St. Augustine.

Because when you read the very, very first chapter of Genesis, where you read the creation account, the very first chapter, it says in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters

so that spirit of God was generally seen as the Holy Spirit the Spirit of God the third person

of Blessed Trinity.

But then it says, literally the third verse,

and God said, let there be light, and there was light.

And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light day, and the darkness. God called the light day and the darkness he called

night. And then there was evening and then there was morning one day. And it goes on to talk about

the rest of creation, the waters and then the waters under the heavens, and then God said,

let there be the firmament of the heaven and the day and the night, and then, and then

let there be bring forth living creatures, according all kinds, the cattle, the creeping

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