In verse 15, when the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another: “Let’s go to Bethlehem ...

The saints of the peninsula monastery, Mount Athos, are many and varied. One recently canonised priest-monk, a master of prayer and a spiritual guide to many pilgrims, was sometimes overheard speaking ...

“You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man” (John 1:51). Dan 7:9-10, 13-14; John 1:47-51 When we recite the Nicene Creed, we say that we believe in ...

Why are we all here? Why are you here? I suppose there may be many different answers. I think I know why I’m here. I’m the Dean and it’s my job. Rather like the story of the man who wouldn’t get out ...

Blessed John Henry Newman from childhood to old age wrote about God’s messengers, the Angels. In his “Apologia pro Vita Sua,” he even speaks of wondering if he was an angel when growing up, having ...

Question: There’s a feast day in Catholicism at the end of September (on the 29th) for three saints who are also angels: Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. I’ve been taught that these are three of the ...

This week my grandson, Carter, who is nine years old asked me, “Nanni, are angels real?” The word “angel” comes from the word “angelos” a Greek word meaning “messenger.” The Bible says the angels were ...