Victory Lutheran Church and Preschool

The Church is guarded by angels. We know one of them is named Michael.  Michael is one of two angels that the Bible names for us.  (The other is the great messenger of God's grace, Gabriel.) Michael is called the archangel, that is, the leader of the angels.  The Bible says that he is in charge of the great army of angels that God uses to protect and care for us,  This is the day we remember God's great love in giving us these amazing protectors, the angels.

 

For 1500 years the Christian Church has celebrated The Festival of St Michael & All Angels near the autumnal equinox, the day of the 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness. As Christians watched the autumn nights grow longer and the days grow shorter, they were reminded of the struggle between good and evil-between the forces of light and the forces of Satan.  And so, every year, as autumn darkened into winter, the church celebrated the Feast of the Archangel, and remembered that Michael and All the Angels fought on their side.