{"id":4926,"date":"2022-09-30T12:11:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2022-10-03T13:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:29:48","slug":"st-michael-and-all-angels-michaelmass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/?p=4926","title":{"rendered":"St Michael and All Angels- Michaelmass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3758\" src=\"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/St-Michael.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"242\" \/><strong>St Michael is seen as the chief of archangels, a defender, guardian, protector of Israel and the faith. He is shown in Daniel as a warrior and of course in Revelation he is the slayer of the dragon and the angel who cast out the Satan from the heavenly thrones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The to angels is said to be:<\/p>\n<p>First Order are Seraphim, Cherubim and Thrones,<\/p>\n<p>Second order Dominions, Powers and Virtues<\/p>\n<p>Third Order Principalities, Archangels and Angels<\/p>\n<p>Terms also to describe angels are sons of God, \u2018holy ones\u2019, Angels are mentioned in the divine council of God as members of a heavenly chorus<em>,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>St Michael is\u00a0 gentle and brave, gallant and bold.<\/p>\n<p>From the hymn by Jan Struther,<\/p>\n<p><em>Let faith be my shield and let joy be my steed<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Gainst the dragons of anger and the ogres of greed:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And let me set free, with the sword of my youth,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From the castle of darkness, the power of the truth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Michaelmass, September 29th is the time we remember St Michael and also celebrate the changing seasons of the agricultural world.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/?page_id=4875\">Sermons 2022<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Michaelmass-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Michaelmass-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Michaelmass.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Michael is seen as the chief of archangels, a defender, guardian, protector of Israel and the faith. He is shown in Daniel as a warrior and of course in Revelation he is the slayer of the dragon and the angel who cast out the Satan from the heavenly thrones. The to angels is said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,150],"tags":[78,53,39],"class_list":["post-4926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith-goes-walkabout","category-michaelmass","tag-faithgoeswalkabout","tag-gayton-group-of-parishes","tag-norwich-diocese"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}