Saint Michael the Archangel: Six Times He Came to Earth, and What Each Visit Cost is a 34-minute documentary from the Hidden Halos channel (uploaded August 19, 2026). It traces six reported apparitions of St. Michael across about 14 centuries, drawing from Church tradition, sanctuary records, and scholarship while distinguishing verified history from later legend. 
The six accounts
Monte Gargano, Italy (c. 490)
A landowner shoots an arrow at a bull in a mountain cave; the arrow turns in mid-... moreSaint Michael the Archangel: Six Times He Came to Earth, and What Each Visit Cost is a 34-minute documentary from the Hidden Halos channel (uploaded August 19, 2026). It traces six reported apparitions of St. Michael across about 14 centuries, drawing from Church tradition, sanctuary records, and scholarship while distinguishing verified history from later legend. 
The six accounts
Monte Gargano, Italy (c. 490)
A landowner shoots an arrow at a bull in a mountain cave; the arrow turns in mid-air and wounds him. Bishop Lorenzo of Siponto fasts and prays. Michael appears, claims the cave as his sanctuary, and later directs a timed attack that lifts a siege. When the bishop finally enters, an altar and a footprint are already there. The Sanctuary of Monte Sant’Angelo remains a major pilgrimage site.
Rome during the plague (590)
Pope Gregory (later Gregory the Great) leads processions. A figure of light is seen sheathing a sword above Hadrian’s Mausoleum. The plague recedes. The site becomes Castel Sant’Angelo. The written account appears centuries later, so the details are treated as tradition rather than contemporary report.
Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy (708)
Bishop Aubert of Avranches receives three visions instructing him to build an oratory on the tidal island. He delays twice. On the third visit Michael is said to have pierced his skull. Aubert’s skull, with a hole, is still displayed in Avranches. Construction of the famous abbey follows.
San Miguel del Milagro, Mexico (1631)
Seventeen-year-old Diego Lázaro, a recent indigenous convert, sees Michael during a procession and is told of a healing spring. Afraid no one will believe him, he stays silent, falls ill with fever, and is healed by Michael, who then leads him to the spring. After further illness he delivers the message. A shrine is established; Diego dies at 20 and is buried there. Contemporary investigations and the surviving spring are better documented than some of the earlier European stories.
Pope Leo XIII (1880s)
During Mass the pope is said to have seen demonic spirits over Rome. He composes the Prayer to St. Michael, which was recited after Low Mass worldwide until 1964. The core fact of the prayer’s composition is solid; the dramatic vision details are second-hand and later embellished.
The video’s epilogue frames the stories around hesitation, obedience, and the cost of delay or silence rather than spectacular miracles
Today, September 14, is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (also called the Triumph of the Cross).
Helena, mother of Constantine, around 326 in Jerusalem. Three crosses were unearthed near Calvary; the True Cross was identified when it miraculously healed a dying woman.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre was dedicated on 13 September 335.
The relic was solemnly exalted before the people the next day—14 September—and the feast was born.
In 614 the relic was carri... more
Brothers and Sisters,
Today, September 14, is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (also called the Triumph of the Cross).
Helena, mother of Constantine, around 326 in Jerusalem. Three crosses were unearthed near Calvary; the True Cross was identified when it miraculously healed a dying woman.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre was dedicated on 13 September 335.
The relic was solemnly exalted before the people the next day—14 September—and the feast was born.
In 614 the relic was carried off by the Persians; Emperor Heraclius defeated them and returned it to Jerusalem in 628–630. Tradition says he first approached in imperial splendor and could not enter; only after he laid aside his robes and walked barefoot, in humility like Christ, could he restore the Cross.
“Of all the holy and wonderful places, the Sepulchre somehow holds first rank. I do not know why a greater devotion is felt at the place where He lay dead than at the places where He did things while alive, or why the memory of His death moves us more than the memory of His life.
His life has given me a pattern for living; His death, a release from death. The one prepared life; the other destroyed death. His life was laborious, His death precious—and both are necessary. What would His death profit the man who lives badly? What would His life profit the man who dies under condemnation?
He came, then, that we might learn by His life to live in holiness, and by His death to die in confidence. He died as one destined to rise, and to those who undergo death He brought the hope of rising again. He added a third gift, without which the other two would be nothing: the remission of sins.
Man stood condemned to a double death in his double nature—one spiritual and voluntary, the other bodily and forced. The God-Man healed both by one bodily and voluntary death. Dying once, He killed our two deaths. He took our debt without sharing our sin. If He had not suffered in the body, He would not have paid the debt; if the death had not been voluntary, it would have had no merit.”
Chapter 11 — The Holy Sepulchre
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Liber ad milites Templi de laude novae militiae (c. 1130)
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world
CAA Patricia Fraser
Priory of St. Michael the Archangel
Fides Et Veritas
I saw something the other day, which reminded me of when I was in the U.S. military. It was something to the affect of gaining rank. Through my years of experience, I know it takes time, trust, skill, knowledge and experience. Take the time to read, research, move out of your comfort zone and stand strong.
Rank is hard to make and easy to lose.
Scripture already named the reason:
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, ... moreI saw something the other day, which reminded me of when I was in the U.S. military. It was something to the affect of gaining rank. Through my years of experience, I know it takes time, trust, skill, knowledge and experience. Take the time to read, research, move out of your comfort zone and stand strong.
Rank is hard to make and easy to lose.
Scripture already named the reason:
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.”
— Luke 12:48
The stripe, the title, the authority is not a trophy. It is a trust. The work that earns it is slow, hidden, and often thankless. The moment it is given, the standard rises. More eyes. More souls depending on you. Less room for pride, shortcuts, or the old excuses.
That is why so many want the rank before the work. They want the honor without the yoke. They confuse the symbol with the substance. They forget that rank is earned, not owned — and the rent is paid every day in faithfulness, example, and accountability.
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
— Matthew 23:12
Do the work first. Carry the load when no one is pinning anything on you. Then, if God and those over you place the rank in your hands, keep earning it. The ones who treat it as already paid for are usually the ones who lose it first.
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you.”
— 1 Peter 5:6
Remember who we work for: Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.
“Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Thy name give glory.”
Yours In Christ,
Always a servant,
CAA Patricia Fraser
Priory of St. Michael the Archangel
Fides Et Veritas
Hi Sister Simone 😊
Welcome, snacks are to the right with coffee and beverages sitting on the table . Please feel free to help yourself 😁
The Bible is open, ready to read ❤️
CAA Patricia Fraser
Priory of St. Michael the Archangel
Fides Et Veritas
Romans 12:12 says, “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
Paul wrote it as part of how Christians should live after giving our whole lives to God. The verse has three parts that work together. First, rejoice because of the hope God already gave us in Christ, not because life feels easy. Second, stay patient when trouble presses in, instead of giving up or getting bitter. Third, keep praying and do not let go of God. Hope gives us a reason to keep going. Patience s... moreRomans 12:12 says, “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
Paul wrote it as part of how Christians should live after giving our whole lives to God. The verse has three parts that work together. First, rejoice because of the hope God already gave us in Christ, not because life feels easy. Second, stay patient when trouble presses in, instead of giving up or getting bitter. Third, keep praying and do not let go of God. Hope gives us a reason to keep going. Patience shows that the hope is real. Prayer is what keeps both hope and patience alive when we feel weak. Together they teach us how to stay faithful when life is hard.
CAA Patricia Fraser
Priory of St. Michael the Archangel
Fides Et Veritas
A small stone chapel after dark. Moonlight comes through a narrow arched window. Candles burn on a simple stone altar beneath a wooden crucifix. The air is still. It is the hour of Compline — the Church’s last prayer before sleep.
A man and a woman kneel facing the altar, hands joined. Both wear the white mantle with the red cross of the Temple. His sword is on the floor, sheathed. They are not fighting. They have laid the day’s work down and placed themselves before God.
The white cloak stand... moreA small stone chapel after dark. Moonlight comes through a narrow arched window. Candles burn on a simple stone altar beneath a wooden crucifix. The air is still. It is the hour of Compline — the Church’s last prayer before sleep.
A man and a woman kneel facing the altar, hands joined. Both wear the white mantle with the red cross of the Temple. His sword is on the floor, sheathed. They are not fighting. They have laid the day’s work down and placed themselves before God.
The white cloak stands for purity of purpose. The red cross stands for the Cross of Christ. Together they mean: we belong to Him, not to our own name.
The same Lord who receives the glory also keeps the night.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:
for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
— Psalm 4:8 (KJV)
Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
CAA Patricia Fraser
Priory of St. Michael the Archangel
Fides Et Veritas
CAA Rene Laperriere
Priory of the Calvary Cross
Militia Christi