tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21841592.post116175138950376526..comments2022-04-27T23:07:59.833-04:00Comments on Conversi ad Dominum: Three Remedies from St RaphaelFr John W Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01283787316830250866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21841592.post-1161933427170088482006-10-27T03:17:00.000-04:002006-10-27T03:17:00.000-04:00I found St. Bonaventure's third point noteworthy. ...I found St. Bonaventure's third point noteworthy. Nowadays it isn't too strange for us to think of devils (or at least the Evil One himself, Satan) as villains who accuse us - if anyone at least considers the topic at all. But it seems far away from our regular thinking that God's angels would do the exact opposite of demons: namely, defend us, speak well of us, and put the best construction on everything - and even plead for mercy on our behalf. Certainly Scripture demonstrates this, and the Lutheran Symbols teach this, but good luck finding this comforting reality prayed in public Lutheran liturgies. (I'm willing to be proved wrong on the liturgy point.)Rev. Benjamin Harjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03458364660005558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21841592.post-1161923529367980322006-10-27T00:32:00.000-04:002006-10-27T00:32:00.000-04:00Fred,In answer to your question, "by interpretatio...Fred,<BR/><BR/>In answer to your question, "by interpretation" is a literalistic transliteration of the Latin phrase which reads: "Raphaël interpretátur medicina Dei."<BR/><BR/>Put into modern English, this sentence would read: "Raphael means, 'Medicine of God.'"Fr John W Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283787316830250866noreply@blogger.com