St. Michael and All Angels
Angels are very popular in our culture. We celebrate St. Michael and All Angels to help us distinguish between fact and fiction where angels are concerned. Even though there is a vast number of angels (Revelation 5:11 pictures "thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand"), only two angels are mentioned by name in the Bible. Gabriel is perhaps the better known angel since Gabriel announced the birth of Jesus to Mary. Michael is the other one named. Since Michael is the only one of the archangels (or chief angels) mentioned, the church eventually regarded him as representative of all angels. Today we celebrate God's use of all his angels for our benefit.

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