Homily on the Archangel Michael (for Maskaram)

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God. A homily of the holy and honored Michael, chief of the angels, which is read on the tenth and the second of Maskaram. May his prayer and blessing be with us forever and ever. Amen. The Lord says: "Do not worship a god other than me." And again he says: "Heaven and earth stand by my command, and all creation was fashioned by my hand. And if you worship, besides me, mountains and hills, trees and stones, the sea and rivers, they cannot save you, for they do not hear with the ear of understanding or with the intellect of reason. If I seize you in my wrath, you will have no escape or refuge from my hand." Have you not heard what happened to a certain king who worshipped other gods besides me? And they said to him: "Your gods, behold, the day of your death has arrived. From today until the eighth day, they will prepare a feast for you, so that you may hide yourself within it.

And you also, like them, will be dead, and you will leave behind the possession of this world until now. Would that you knew that without what I have prepared for you, and that you have been deceived, you have believed in the possession of this world, which is transitory. But you, my brothers, fear not death on earth, but fear that in heaven where there is a punishment of burning fire which has no end, until eternity. Now give alms, if you have much, and if you have little, for the sake of the name of the holy Michael and Gabriel, and they will be your helpers on the day of your death before God, to whom belongs glory, until eternity. Amen. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. A homily of the chief Michael, chief of the angels, which is read in the month of Nahase and Maskaram. May the power of his prayer save us from illness and weakness. With his servant, forever. He said, the Lord said, "Do not worship another god besides me and besides my angels, and Mary my mother, my prophets, apostles, martyrs, and righteous ones, who intercede for you. And I also will hear them." And the honored ones, adorned with gold and silver, you also will be like them. Fear not death on earth, but fear death in heaven, which has no escape or refuge. And now, prepare yourselves, dwell, and give alms for the sake of Michael, Gabriel, Suriyel, Hawakikiru, and the twenty-four priests of heaven, and the four living creatures, that they may be your helpers when you are judged and when you die. May their prayer and intercession be with their servant, the servant.