Status Updates From The Holy Angels

I never knew as much about angels as I do now. They are really with us!

Mother has convinced me that I must go back and reread Dionysius the Areopagite, but this time with her descriptions of his writings at hand. She has great respect and admiration even awe of him and as I have the same for her, then I must revisit his work, which did not seem to strike me as very impressive when I read it. But then I know I can be very clunky-headed. 🙄

Mother Alexandra, youngest daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, married at 22 to an archduke, lived through the horrors of both World Wars, the Communist takeover, went into exile in several countries before she finally made her way to the US, where she obtained scholarships for most of her children. When they were all settled, being then a widow, she fulfilled her desire to become a nun.

"It is significant that angels appear chiefly to the strong the warriors, builders, lawgivers and teachers." --Contrast this with apparitions of the Mother of God who appears to the small, poor and young, the powerLESS!

O Christ, Who art the Way and the Truth, send now Thy Guardian Angel, St. Raphael, to go with Thy servants, as once Thou didst send him to Tobias, and for Thy Glory keep them safe and sound from all harm and evil. (Prayers for Orthodox Christians) 🙏😇