Gabriel: Archangel and Namesake

"SEND THINE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL, THE MIGHTY;
HERALD OF HEAVEN, MAY HE FROM US MORTALS,
DRIVE EVERY EVIL, WATCHING O'ER THE TEMPLES
WHERE THOU ART WORSHIPED."
1982 Hymnal, # 283 "Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels"
words: Rabanus Maurus (776-856)
music: Caelitum Joseph, 13th Century

                                           "Angels, you say?" remarked Abba Jonathan. "Thankful, I am. Bees, I
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