Episode 76 -- Life of St Philip VII.76 -- Role of Angels

To whom are human beings similar through their souls?

Angels. Angels are spirits, pure spirits, without any material component. But they are persons; an angel is someone, not something. These personal beings can know and love. The good angels are sent to help us. And we read about what happened on September 28, 1561. On the vigil of St Michael, St Philip drove the devils away from Sebastiano. In their place, angels, lots of angels surrounded Sebastian as he passed in his soul, in his spirit, to eternal life.

Last episode we read about how the devils tried to make Sebastian despair of divine help. They so tried to scare him that he lost all hope of his soul entering heaven after he died. His friends by his bedside and his parish priest knew they could not save his bodily life, but they hoped to help his spiritual life. Although they did everything correctly, nothing seemed to help the deep depression Sebastian had fallen into. Let us not be discouraged if our efforts seem in vain. Let us pray and fast and beg the Lord to send someone who can help.