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Saints

Saints are ....

In addition to those referred to as Saints, Holy Mother Church recognizes the Beatified, who are given the title "Blessed," whom the Faithful are invited to learn about and from whom the Faithful are invited to seek their intercession. If a miracle is investigated by Holy Mother Churhc, and deemed to have occurred and resulted from a Blessed's intercession, that fact can serve the cause of the the Blessed's Canonization as future Saint.

Their are other individuals, not Beatifued, deemed "Venerable" or "Servant of God."

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) describes Angels as:

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) is accompanied by what is technically an additional text to assist the reader, the CCC Glossary. The CCC Glossary*** change link to "A"**** defines Angels as:

SACRAMENT: An efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit (774, 1131). The sacraments (called "mysteries" in the Eastern Churches) are seven in number: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance or Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony (1210).

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images.nbii.gov The Blessed Mother, Saint Mary

Some Angels in Holy Scripture include the Archangel Michael, Archangel Gabriel, and the Archangel Raphael.

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- Appear to Saint Joseph in his dream (more than once)

- Multitude of the Heavenly Hosts, Shepherds in the field

- Minister to Jesus in the desert

- Help Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane

- at the Tomb after the Resurrection

- Ascension

- Help Peter escape cell

- End of the Age, Second Coming; Apocalypse;

The Archangel Michael leads the Heavenly Hosts in their victory over the evil fallen angels in the Book at Revelations, and also ***.

The Archangel Gabriel appears to the Blessed Mother Mary to announce the Incarnation of Jesus, and to Zechariah to announce the coming of John the Baptist to Zechariah and Saint Elizabeth.

The Archangel Raphael appears in Holy Scripture in the Book of Tobit, where ****.

(Some schismatic elements, in other denominations, argue that the Book of Tobit is part of a so-called apocrypha, Books of the Bible they would like to pretend are not in the Bible, even though they are. Such claims, and even the use of the word "apocrypha" are actually sinful and blasphemous because they deny God, by denying that the Word of God is indeed the Word of God. It was Holy Mother Church who Canonized the Bible decades after the Resurrection, while those claiming that some parts of the Bible should no longer be included tend to come from denominations that did not come into their schismatic existence until fourteen or more centuries after Holy Mother Church already had Canonized the Bible, including the portions they would like pretend are not in it. It also is of concern to note that seeking to exclude portions of the Bible sets a tone that others have mimicked by seeking to pretend that some of the Laws of God are not part of the Laws of God, if those Laws of God do not fit their sinful inclinations.)

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Saint Joseph

Each of us has ....

**** said, Holy Angels all around us if only we invoke their help ....

Guardian Angel Prayer

Angel of God, my Guardian Dear,
To Whom God's Love entrusts me here,
Ever this day (night) be at my side,
To light, to guard, to rule and guide.
Amen.

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Saint Stephen, Martyr

The Sacrament of Communion is the reception of the Eucharist, which contains the Body, Blood, Soul, Mind, and Divinity of Jesus Christ.

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Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, Doctor of the Church (Saint Therese of Lisieux, "The Little Flower"

There are nine choirs of Holy Angels, whose intercession is sought in the Saint Michael the Archangel Chaplet.****highlight, link to ....

+ Celestial Choir of Seraphim
+ Celestial Choir of Cherubim
+ Celestial Choir of Thrones
+ Celestial Choir of Dominions
+ Celestial Choir of Powers
+ Celestial Choir of Virtues
+ Celestial Choir of Principalities
+ Celestial Choir of Archangels
+ Celestial Choir of Angels

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Blessed Brother Andre Bissette, C.S.C. ("The Wonder Man of Mount Royal")

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Blessed Father Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss.R. ("The Cheerful Ascetic")

Holy Orders is the Ordination of a Priest or Deacon.

Religious Sisters (Nuns) and Religious Brothers are not Ordained. They take vows are referred to as being in Consecrated Life, or Religious Life.

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Partial List of Saints and Blesseds

+ Saint Mary, the Blessed Mother, the Blessed Virgin
+ Saint Joseph
+ Saint Stephen, Martyr
+ Saint Stephen of Hungary
+ Saint Christopher
+ Saint John the Evangelist
+ Saint John the Baptist
+ Saint John of the Cross
+ Saint Maurice
+ Saint Michael the Archangel
+ Saint Helen
+ Saint Francis of Assisi
+ Saint Frances of Rome
+ Saint Francis de Sales
+ Saint Clare
+ Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
+ Saint Peter
+ Saint Paul
+ Saint Benedict
+ Saint Scholastica
+ Saint Anthony of Padua
+ Saint Maximilian Kolbe (martyr to the Nazi holocaust, publisher)
+ Saint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross (Saint Edith Stein, martyr to the Nazi holocaust, Nun, convert, philosopher)
+ Blessed Brother Andre Bissette
+ Blessed Father Francis Xavier Seelos
+ Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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Resource Links

Saint(s) of the Day - St. Patrick's Church, Washington, D.C.
Saint of the Day (Franciscans; sometimes strays for official calendar)

Keywords: Saints, Blesseds, Venerables, Servants of God, Catholic, Catholic Faith, Christianity, Saint Mary, the Blessed Mother, the Blessed Virgin, Saint Joseph, Saint Stephen, Saint Christopher, Saint Dunstan, Blessed Brother Andre Bissette, Blessed Father Francis Xavier Seelos

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