Quote/s of the Day – 24 October – “The Month of the Most Holy Rosary and of the Angels” – The Feast of St Raphael the Archangel – Tobit 12:7-15, John 5:1-4 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“For it is good to hide the secret of a king
but honourable to reveal and confess,
the works of God.
Prayer is good with fasting and alms,
more than to lay up treasures of gold.
For alms delivereth from death
and the same is that which purges away sins
and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.
But they that commit sin and iniquity,
are enemies to their own soul.”
Tobit 12:7-10
“I am the Angel Raphael,
one of the seven,
who stand before the Lord.”
Tobit 12:15
“Raphael frees us from the wrath of God
which we incur by sinning against God.
He does this by inducing us to pray earnestly.
This is what Raphael the Archangel told Tobias
in the twelfth chapter:
“When thou didst pray with tears,
I offered thy prayer to the Lord”
the angels themselves, as far as they are able,
try to reconcile us with God.”
St Bonaventure (1217-1274)
Doctor of the Church
O Raphael, Divinely Sent Guide
St Raphael Archangel, 24 October
From the Ambrosian Breviary
O Raphael, divinely sent guide,
graciously receive the hymn
we suppliants address to thee
with joyful voice.
Make straight for us the way of salvation
and forward our steps,
lest at any time, we wander astray
and turn from the path to heaven.
Look down upon us from on high;
reflect into our souls
the splendour shining from above,
from the holy Father of lights.
Give perfect health to the sick,
dispel the darkness of the blin
and while driving away diseases of the body,
give spiritual strength to our souls.
Thou who standest before the Sovereign Judge,
plead for the pardon of our crimes
and, as a trusty advocate,
appease the avenging wrath of the Most High.
Renewer of the great battle,
crush our proud enemy;
against the rebel spirits give us strength
and increase our grace.
To God the Father be glory,
and to His Only Son,
together with the Paraclete Spirit,
now and forevermore.
Amen
AnaStpaul 