Angels
Angels and Demons
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009No, not the Dan Brown novel-turned-film. Real angels and real demons. I just posted an article on the CUF site about them, and it’s good stuff. For example, I forget that angels “are not impeded by any material agent—by space or time.” I’m so accustomed to being embodied and to having a linear understanding of [...]
Are angels “saints”?
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008A CUF member asks… Isn’t sainthood for human beings that led extraordinary lives of faith? Then why do we call Michael the Archangel St. Michael the Archangel? He is an angel, a strictly spiritual being. The word “saint” derives from the Latin “sancta,” which means “holy” one. Thus, by definition all of God’s holy angels [...]
Guardian-Variety Angels
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Today’s Gospel at Mass contains the verse that most typically is cited in support of the Church’s teaching on guardian angels–namely, Our Lord’s words in Matthew 18:10: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly [...]