St. Michael the Confessor

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Feastday: May 23
Died: 826

In an eleventh-century Byzantine book of saints known as the Menology of Basil, Michael is described as a �pious and God-fearing� monk. He was educated by the patriarch of Constantinople, Saint Tarasius, who at his accession to the episcopate had brought the Byzantine Church back to communion with the See of Rome after a six-decade schism. Tarasius sent Michael as the courier of a synodal letter to Pope Saint Leo III. In 787 Michael was consecrated bishop of Synnada (Turkey). Michael�s defense of the veneration of religious images, in opposition to the Iconoclast heresy that condemned this traditional Christian practice, led to his suffering exile under the Iconoclast Byzantine emperor Leo V (�the Armenian�). Michael told the emperor, �I venerate the immaculate and divine image of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, and of his most holy Mother.� Michael spent the remainder of his life in exile at Eudokiadu (Turkey), dying there in 826.

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Silvia M.
2 years ago
Even though I am young, 24 years of age, I realize I may have spent enough of my days in fear. I have wasted enough of my time toying with temptation, and I am through with denying the presence of; my Lord, His Saints, His Angles, and the followers of His kingdom. I will walk my own path and remain obedient to His calling, for I now believe it is His voice I hear in silence. He has shown me my white light, and continues to guide me through the darkness of both day and night. When I grew distant from my family, He made their positive qualities shine drawing me back to them. When I allowed my anger to take over, it was his hand I felt on my shoulder. And when I was hurting the most, He was still trying to hold me close. Unknowingly I pushed His Angles and Saints away, He spoke to them and repeatedly asked them to stay. When I opened my mind to what was happening around me in my Life, I instantly had more options and doors to choose from. As my belief in Him makes it easy to choose the righteous one. And this is where my confession is done.
God Bless, and Amen
Bob
4 years ago
Go St Michael!

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