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The saints

Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

The three angels Scripture names: a warrior, a messenger and a healer.

Feast: 29 September · Scripture · The early Church · Heaven, and the pages of Scripture

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In the pages of Scripture

Michael, whose name asks who is like God, fights for God’s people.1

Gabriel brought the news to Zechariah and to Mary.2

Raphael traveled with young Tobias, healed his father’s blindness and helped his bride.

Patron of broadcasters and communicators (Gabriel)4; the blind and travelers (Raphael)4

01Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

Three names

Angels are servants and messengers of God, and every Christian has a guardian angel.3

The Church honors these three by name because Scripture names them.4

Live it this week

Pray the St. Michael prayer daily

Michael defends us in battle. Learn the prayer to St. Michael this week and pray it every morning, especially for anyone you know who is under spiritual attack.

Notes

How we know · 4 sources for this page
  1. Revelation 12:7 [Douay Apocalypse 12:7], World English Bible. read the chapter
  2. Luke 1:26, World English Bible. read the chapter
  3. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 336. vatican.va
  4. Franciscan Media, Saint of the Day: “Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael”. franciscanmedia.org. franciscanmedia.org

The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) is in the public domain; we quote the New Advent edition. Texts of the Holy See are quoted briefly from vatican.va. Scripture: World English Bible, Catholic edition (public domain); Verse numbers are modern, with Douay-Rheims numbers in brackets where they differ. Photographs: Wikimedia Commons, credited under each image; full list on the photo credits page.

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