St. Augustine, What is Adoration?
Question 045 What is Adoration? In persevering chastity one draws his strength from you and then, in no way shows himself to be changeable. For you are always present to him and he ever makes you the object of his affection, thus keeping himself (in a permanent present) with no future to look forward to or past to remember, undergoing no change or worldly distraction. O blessed is he, if such a one exists, who [...]
Devotion to St. Michael Part IV
Devotion to St. Michael the Archangel -- How Did it Begin? Part IV Of A Talk Given By Fr. Ermatinger St Stanislaus' Sursum Corda Young Adults Group Part IV Outline Opening Prayers -- 0:00-0:45 Invoked in Gothic War -- 0:45-1:15 Increase in Oratories and Churches Dedicated to St. Michael-- 1:15-1:36 Epiphanius of Salamis - St.Michael Takes the Place of Satan -- 1:36-3:10 According to St. Thomas, Satan Was Not a Seraph -- 2:04-3:10 4th C. [...]