Continuing our series on the “Sword of St. Michael,” we will now examine various apparitions of St. Michael along the sacred line of seven monasteries that stretches from Ireland to Israel. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] According to tradition, as early as 495 AD (shortly after he appeared in Ireland), St. Michael was seen atop another significant rock […]
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Continuing our series on the “Sword of St. Michael,” we will now examine various apparitions of St. Michael along the sacred line of seven monasteries that stretches from Ireland to Israel. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] According to tradition (recorded by Irish monks in the manuscript Libellus de Fundacione Ecclesie Consecrati Petri), St. Patrick was having a hard
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Resuming our series on the “Sword of St. Michael,” we move from ancient Jewish texts to Christian ones and examine what important roles St. Michael had in early Christian history. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Similar to the Jewish approach to St. Michael, Christians believed the holy archangel was responsible for key moments in the lives of the
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Continuing our series on the legendary “Sword of St. Michael,” we now turn to tradition and see what ancient Jews and Christians believed about the holy archangel. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] We have already seen from the canonical scriptures that St. Michael was sent to earth as a protector and warrior, but the Jews had additional roles
Coincidence or providence? How St. Michael became protector of seven mountains Read More »
As we examined in our previous post, St. Michael is an archangel, a pure spirit, created by God, sent as a messenger of importance to humanity. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] The most obvious question after this statement is, “What important message or task did God give to St. Michael?” To answer that we must first look at St. Michael’s
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As many of you know, we are currently preparing a comic book based on the lives and legends of the monks who lived on Skellig Michael, an isolated island off the coast of Ireland. It has been an amazing process, bringing to life these inspiring men who created the famous bee-hive huts seen in the
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For Part III, click here. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] As Patrick, Tassac and his company of priests and deacons began to descend the hill, the group of warriors who had fought against the serpent were walking up and returning to their village. The leader of the troop stopped Patrick, “Where are you going, miracle-worker? The sun is nearly set
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