Is it a coincidence, a calculated manoeuvre or an atheist fantastic notion that Karl Consiglio’s letter negating the existence of angels appeared in this newspaper on the same day as the liturgical feast of three great Archangels? I had written in another paper that lack of documentation worries the sceptics whenever an event or existence of a person or spirit is in doubt.

It does not worry me because there are many instances when invisible things are functioning unnoticed, starting from the very oxygen inhaled by Consiglio, keeping him alive and kicking and ready to dispute other people’s beliefs at every opportunity.

We thank God that there are people who do not think that life exists in this world only.

They understand that not everything we see is real and not everything which is real, is visible.

Take the miracle of the water turned into wine by Jesus at Cana. For believers in the Bible, it was Jesus’s second nature to perform miracles, also because the biggest miracle had already happened.

A sceptic once said to a friend: “I don’t believe the Bible because it has miracles.” His friend said: “Name one”. The atheist replied: “Turning water into wine.” His friend retorted: “It happens all the time.” “What do you mean?”

His friend finally declared with a mock air of triumph: “Well, rain goes through the grapevine, up into the grape and the grape turns into wine. All Jesus did was speed it up a little bit.”

The biggest miracle mentioned above was when God created water out of nothing.

If God can make miracles, he can make something out of nothing. It is all a question of faith in the Book. Angels’ apparitions and missions are mentioned in the Bible more than 45 times.

From the earliest times, the Israelites believed in the existence of created spirits.

The Catholic Church believes that as well. So do I.

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