"Glorious St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly hosts, who standest always ready to give assistance to the people of God; who didst fight with the dragon, the old serpent, and didst cast him out of heaven, and now valiantly defendest the Church of God that the gates of hell may never prevail against her, I earnestly entreat thee to assist me also, in the painful and dangerous conflict which I have to sustain against the same formidible foe. Be with me, O mighty Prince! that I may courageously fight and wholly vanquish that proud spirit, whom thou hast by the Divine Power, so gloriously overthrown, and whom our powerful King, Jesus Christ, has, in our nature, so completely overcome; to the end that having triumphed over the enemy of my salvation, I may with thee and the holy angels, praise the clemency of God who, having refused mercy to the rebellious angels after their fall, has granted repentance and forgiveness to fallen man. Amen."
“Help Against Spiritual Enemies”
Dear fellow Catholics and other Christians,
As I was praying this, I did come to this realization, which I have always known but not really thought consciously about:
1. The highest of God’s Angels, the most powerful being Lucifer (aka Satan), rebelled against Him. They chose the darkness. And God would not forgive them, His most beloved Angels. He will never forgive them. Instead, in the End of all time, when God is Victorious, which it is already assured He will be, they will be forever cast into Hell, the darkest pits of Hell for ETERNITY.
BUT,
2. We humans are so unbelievably stained with sin and we continually go against God’s Word and choose to allhttp://www.tumblr.com/new/textow Satan access into our lives. YET GOD SO LOVES US THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT BE FORGIVEN. He forgives US. Over and over and over. But not His brightest Angels.
Think about that.