According to tradition and angelology studies, there are three angels considered the most powerful in the celestial hierarchy ...

The young man [Raphael] said, “Take courage! God’s healing is near; so take courage!” ―Tobit 5:10b The archangel Raphael is presented within the beautiful story of Tobit―a biblical novella within the ...

The Book of Tobit, written two centuries before the coming of Christ, tells the story of two families, both Children of the House of Israel, whom, in the midst of the pain and bewilderment of exile, ...

On the Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, celebrated on September 29, we are reminded of this mostly-overlooked world of spirits, mainly composed of angels and demons. What is even ...

Many Catholics can, at the drop of a hat, recite the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel — the famous petition to that venerable saint to “defend us in battle” and “cast into hell Satan.” In the ...