Who is St. Gabriel?
St. Gabriel
is one of three archangels revealed in scripture. The other
two are Michael and Raphael.
The name
Gabriel means "man of God," or "God has shown himself
mighty." It appears first in the prophecies of Daniel in the
Old Testament. The angel announced to Daniel the prophecy of
the seventy weeks. His name also occurs in the apocryphal
book of Henoch. He was the angel who appeared to Zachariah
to announce the birth of St. John the Baptizer. Finally, he
announced to Mary that she would bear a Son Who would be
conceived of the Holy Spirit, Son of the Most High, and
Savior of the world.
St.
Gabriel's feast day is September 29th and he is the patron of communications workers.
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