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Email a FriendPosted by Claire on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 2:07 PM (EDT):
Wow!
Don't Mess With Michael
a true story for today's feast of the Arch angels
Posted by DariaSockey in Faith on Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:54 PM
A true story.
When my husband was in grad school getting his M.A in philosophy, he lived in a guest house of a religious order, along with several of his friends. There was a small statue of St. Michael in a niche in the hallway. It was the typical pose, based on that famous painting where Michael is standing on the neck of Lucifer and brandishing a spear.
There was also something on his head that, as in the picture here, looked an awful lot like a hair ribbon. And on this statue it was a faded red-almost-pink color.
One day, as Bill and a fellow student were walking by, he just couldn’t resist. He pointed towards the statue.
“Look at that. He has a bow in his hair! A pink bow! I bet the devil just called him a sissy and that’s why he’s down on the ground.”
At that very moment, the little spear slipped out of St. Michael’s plaster hands. It hit the back of Bill’s hand.
And drew blood.
This really happened.
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Posted by Jacqueline on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 4:13 PM (EDT):
I tell my kids - “Michael is the Man!” - yeah, I know, he’s really an Angel - but put it in kid terms - they just get it. We turn to Michael whenever we feel our bad habits getting the best of us. Satan loves our bad habits - so we call on Michael and repeat the words of our Dear Lord: “Get behind me Satan!” and then we ask Michael to take him away! St. Michael has never, ever let me down!
Posted by Michelle Reitemeyer on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 4:25 PM (EDT):
Thanks for reminding me of the date! We’re so busy this week and I just wasn’t thinking about it, but my kids are happy to know we’ll be going out for ice cream tonight to celebrate. We love St. Michael here and pray to him daily. Great story!!
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