THE GREATNESSES OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL 40 Days Devotion in Honor of the Heavenly Prince of Angels by Fr. Nicola Ricci, 1869 MONTH OF SAINT MICHAEL: MEDITATIONS DAY SIX 6th Meditation Greatness
THE GREATNESSES OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL 40 Days Devotion in Honor of the Heavenly Prince of Angels by Fr. Nicola Ricci, 1869 MONTH OF SAINT MICHAEL: MEDITATIONS DAY SIX 6th Meditation Greatness
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THE GREATNESSES OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL 40 Days Devotion in Honor of the Heavenly Prince of Angels by Fr. Nicola Ricci, 1869 MONTH OF SAINT MICHAEL: MEDITATIONS DAY SIX 6th Meditation Greatness Of Saint Michael In Hope. . I. Let us consider how Saint Michael, who was admirable in his faith, was equally admirable for the virtue of hope; because there is a strong bond between these two virtues. Hope is awaiting eternal happiness, which comes from the grace of God and our merits. The object of this supernatural virtue is eternal happiness; the means to acquire it are the grace of God and the creature’s cooperation. As a motive, it has God’s faithfulness to His promises. Saint Michael the Archangel stood out for this virtue, because as soon as God had revealed the beatific vision to His Angels, the former, answering the grace with which God had abundantly provided him, rekindled in his heart the ardent desire to follow Him. Through faith, he understood the great benefits that God reserves for those who fear Him, and he did not lose his confidence of being able to reach them with divine help. Moreover, the choice graces and prerogatives that God had enriched him with constituted as many stimulations for his unswerving hope. Knowing through a heavenly enlightenment the delights of the eternal sojourn, he would repeat unceasingly, with ardent sighs, the words that God, one day, had put in the mouth of David the Prophet: “The only desire of my heart is to live in the Lord’s dwelling place”.
THE GREATNESSES OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL 40 Days Devotion in Honor of the Heavenly Prince of Angels by Fr. Nicola Ricci, 1869 MONTH OF SAINT MICHAEL: MEDITATIONS DAY SIX 6th Meditation Greatness
THE GREATNESSES OF SAINT MICHAEL THE…
THE GREATNESSES OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL 40 Days Devotion in Honor of the Heavenly Prince of Angels by Fr. Nicola Ricci, 1869 MONTH OF SAINT MICHAEL: MEDITATIONS DAY SIX 6th Meditation Greatness
THE GREATNESSES OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL 40 Days Devotion in Honor of the Heavenly Prince of Angels by Fr. Nicola Ricci, 1869 MONTH OF SAINT MICHAEL: MEDITATIONS DAY SIX 6th Meditation Greatness Of Saint Michael In Hope. . I. Let us consider how Saint Michael, who was admirable in his faith, was equally admirable for the virtue of hope; because there is a strong bond between these two virtues. Hope is awaiting eternal happiness, which comes from the grace of God and our merits. The object of this supernatural virtue is eternal happiness; the means to acquire it are the grace of God and the creature’s cooperation. As a motive, it has God’s faithfulness to His promises. Saint Michael the Archangel stood out for this virtue, because as soon as God had revealed the beatific vision to His Angels, the former, answering the grace with which God had abundantly provided him, rekindled in his heart the ardent desire to follow Him. Through faith, he understood the great benefits that God reserves for those who fear Him, and he did not lose his confidence of being able to reach them with divine help. Moreover, the choice graces and prerogatives that God had enriched him with constituted as many stimulations for his unswerving hope. Knowing through a heavenly enlightenment the delights of the eternal sojourn, he would repeat unceasingly, with ardent sighs, the words that God, one day, had put in the mouth of David the Prophet: “The only desire of my heart is to live in the Lord’s dwelling place”.