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Raphael, archangels, Year I</p>
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<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr id="gmail-m_-7938870143104144708layout-row14880" class="gmail-m_-7938870143104144708layout gmail-m_-7938870143104144708layout-row gmail-m_-7938870143104144708widget gmail-m_-7938870143104144708_widget_html gmail-m_-7938870143104144708style14880" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><td id="gmail-m_-7938870143104144708layout-row-padding14880" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:30px 30px 0px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="gmail-m_-7938870143104144708html_div14493" width="590" align="left"> <p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5">Today
the Church celebrates<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> the feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and
Raphael. </b></span>Meditating on these angels can tell us a great deal about the
priesthood. For <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>they exemplify the three fundamental tasks of the
priest: healer, fighter, and evangelizer.</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Raphael
is a healer; </b></span>consult the book of Tobit for the details.<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> Michael is a
fighter. </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>When Satan dares to claim equality with</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>God, Michael speaks his
name, <i style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px">Mich-a-el</i>, Who
is like God? And this is his victory.</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>And Gabriel is the great messenger
angel, the one who announces the Incarnation to a young maiden of
Nazareth.</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5">Perhaps
more than ever today, people are suffering with what the hymn calls
"sin-sick souls". The great salve for all of these wounds is Jesus
Christ. But who will bring this salve to a hurting world? This is why
Christ raises up priests. Just think of the racism, the hatred, and the
injustice that reign everywhere. Who will fight? This is why Christ
raises up priests, as new Michaels.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px;outline:medium none;padding:0px;color:black;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Finally,
Jesus is a preacher. He is, after all, the Word of God made flesh.
</b></span>Therefore, we shouldn't be surprised that <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the Word comes forth from him
with unique power.</b></span></p>
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