Tuesday, October 10, 2006
The Catholic Church honors Michael with four main titles or offices. He is the Christian angel of death, carrying the souls of all the deceased to heaven, where they are weighed in his perfectly balanced scales (hence Michael is often depicted holding scales). At the hour of death, Michael descends and gives each soul the chance to redeem itself before passing, thus consternating the devil and his minions. Michael is the special patron of the Chosen People in the Old Testament and is guardian of the Church; it was thus not unusual for the angel to be revered by the military orders of knights during the Middle Ages. Last, he is the supreme enemy of Satan and the fallen angels.A favorite angelic subject in art, matched only by Gabriel, Michael is often depicted as winged and with unsheathed sword. In the Renaissance period, he is shown as young, strong, and handsome, and is most often depicted as a proud, handsome angel in white or magnificent armor or a splendid coat of mail and equipped with sword, shield and spear. His wings are generally conspicuous and very grand. He is usually shown holding in his hand a banner or the scales of justice. Quite often he is seen, like St. George or some Madonnas, in conflict with a dragon or standing upon a vanquished devil, who most of the time is Satan.-from wikipedia.st michael. since i chose michaela as my confi name.yup.anyways!no school today, for me.good luck to all the girls taking POA today!i've got dental, then i'm thinking of dropping by the library. mmhmm, i seriously need more prep for art. which is TMR! YEAAA.and a book or two on Dali and Maugritte.and Henri Moore.lalalala.i guess i've got my fair share of pearls of wisdom (:i'm and aquarian so technically yeah. haha.starsigns are true sometimes i guess.
sprinkled in glitter.
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