A Treasure To Be Shared

Archangel Michael stands prominently within Divine Worship: The Missal, where his presence reflects the Ordinariate’s deep continuity with the Western liturgical and devotional tradition. Most notably, he appears in the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar , where the priest invokes “St. Michael the Archangel” among the heavenly hosts who assist the Church’s worship. This placement is significant: before ascending to the altar, the celebrant acknowledges the cosmic struggle between light and darkness and seeks the protection of the prince of the heavenly armies. In this way, Michael’s role is not decorative but theological—he embodies the Church’s confidence that divine worship participates in the victory of God over evil. HOLY MICHAEL, Archangel, defend us in the day of battle; be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray, and do thou, Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God thrust down to hell Satan and all wicked spirits who...

https://www.newmanreader.org/works/idea/article9.html And here we see what is meant by the poet's maxim, "A little learning is a dangerous thing." Not that knowledge, little or much, if it be real knowledge, is dangerous; but that many a man considers a mere hazy view of many things to be real knowledge, whereas it does but mislead, just as a short-sighted man sees only so far as to be led by his uncertain sight over the precipice. | Saint John Henry Newman There are Catholics who routinely push themselves into the political religious margins. That is, they identify as left or right, liberal or conservative. There are Catholic scholars who look down on their fellow Catholics who may not fit their "Trad" (right) mentality or their "Progressive" (left) mould. One of the many beautiful aspects of being attached to an Ordinariate community is the ability to sit with Christ in the Sacred Liturgy and rest in Him in its beauty, whether attending a Said Mass o...