Michael the Archangel
Monte Sant'Angelo, Gargano
Nine stops with the Archangel — defender, guardian, and guide at the hour of death
His name is not a name but a question, shouted in the moment the first rebellion broke: Mi-ka-El — who is like God? Scripture gives him only a handful of verses, and in every one of them he is standing between someone weak and something that means them harm. The Church has asked him for that same protection ever since: over nations, over the dying, over the sick, and over anyone lying awake at three in the morning frightened of what is coming. Walk this road with the Archangel — from the war in heaven to the cave at Gargano, from Leo XIII's prayer to the hour when he is asked to carry us into the light.
The nine days
Day 1 · The Name — Who Is Like God?
The question that is his name
Day 2 · The War — Michael and His Angels Fought
Revelation 12
Day 3 · The Guard — He Stands Guard Over Your People
The book of Daniel
Day 4 · The Cave — Where the Rock Is Opened
Monte Sant'Angelo, Apulia, 490
Day 5 · The Battle — Defend Us in Battle
Rome, 1884
Day 6 · The Healing — The Waters and the Wing
The Michaelion, and the shrines of healing
Day 7 · The Scales — The Weighing
Where justice and mercy meet
Day 8 · The Passage — The Standard-Bearer
The Offertory of the Requiem
Day 9 · The Victory — The Dragon Is Thrown Down
Michaelmas — the twenty-ninth of September