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Healing and Miracles with the Archangels and Saints, by Margaret Ann Lembo

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

Powerful blessings are available to everyone with some help from archangels and saints. Growing up in a Roman Catholic household of Italian descent, I developed a deeply personal connection with Divine beings at a young age. Conversing and praying to my guardian angel and specific saints was not just a norm but a personal relationship I cherished.

Divine beings offer us an abundance of assistance. Even after their earthly journey ends, the saints continue to guide us from the Other Side. Their mission is to aid people and manifest miracles as a beacon of hope in times of adversity. There is a saint or archangel for almost every situation. Archangels are spiritual messengers of God, radiating a high vibration. We enable them to fulfill their divine purpose by invoking their energy for specific purposes, providing us with support and hope.

You Have to Ask for Their Help
Archangels and saints are eager to assist, but it's crucial to remember to ask for their help. For me, prayer is simply a conversation with the angel or saint. The first step is to identify which archangel or saint is associated with the type of situation you are facing. By taking this proactive step, we can empower ourselves with their assistance. Use positive affirmations, essential oils, and gemstones to amplify your request for help. It makes the interaction with the saints and archangels more palpable.

Natural Disasters
Natural disasters are always happening somewhere in the world. If you are affected by storms like earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, or fires, Archangel Uriel can help. Uriel is the archangel who told Noah the flood was coming. Living in South Florida, where we are prone to hurricanes and, more recently, tornadoes, Archangel Uriel is my go-to archangel for storm protection. Inhale essential oils to amplify prayers and the connection with Uriel. Use amber, cedarwood, frankincense, and orange. Add a few drops to a diffuser and hold good thoughts to keep you safe and blessed.

Archangel Thuriel and Saint Christopher can also be called upon for safety during storms. Archangel Thuriel, the guardian of animals and nature, is an excellent guide to help you integrate the interconnectedness of all life. Saint Christopher was depicted as a giant. His height was beneficial because he helped people by carrying them across the river. He is great to ask for safety while traveling and if flooding is expected in your area. Ask him to take you to safety. Saint Barbara is associated with lightning and fire. Ask her, "Oh! Saint Barbara! Protect me from storms and intense weather conditions. Keep me safe from lightning." Say it in your own words to communicate and invoke the aid of these Divine beings.

Physical Healing, Plagues, and Pandemics
Archangel Raphael is well-known as the archangel to call on when you need guidance on healing yourself and others. Ask Archangel Raphael to orchestrate the healthcare practitioners and the most helpful people to be part of your life during the healing process. Surround yourself with the emerald green ray with an emerald gemstone to support healing on all levels—mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Wear any green gemstone bracelet, pendant, or ring to amplify your request for assistance. Using gemstones keeps you mindful and focused on your intention. Repeat an affirmation like, I take time to rest and rejuvenate. I am grateful for my good health.

Plagues and pandemics are specialties of some Divine helpers. Saint Gertrude, the Cat Lady of the Catholic Church, interceded during the bubonic plague by warding off rats. Hold onto some leopardskin jasper to ground your petition to Gertrude, saying, "I am safe from harm on all levels." Saint Rocco is known for healing plague victims by working with them in the hospital. Rocco is associated with dogs because a dog helped him heal himself from the plague he picked up from interactions with the sick. Call on Saint Rocco to protect you from contagious diseases while inhaling essential oils like eucalyptus, ravensara, and tea tree, saying something like, "Oh! Saint Rocco. Protect me from catching infectious diseases."

Padre Pio is the one to call on for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing. Ask him to support you when you experience health challenges that lead you to believe you are cursed. This Italian Franciscan Capuchin Friar and priest had many experiences of diabolical torture and, because of his experiences, was proficient at expelling demons. Exclaim, "Be gone!" to release curses and evil. Tap into the part of yourself that is a miracle worker and trust your personal power. Repeat this powerful affirmation: "I am a miracle worker. I quickly transform and transmute negative energy."

Family Matters
Do you need help with family matters? If your in-laws or siblings challenge you, ask Saint Elisabeth Ann Seton to help you out with healing issues between you. She is a patron saint of families, in-laws, widows, and widowers. Call on her to help with childbirth and grief due to the loss of family members. Saint Elisabeth Ann Seton was the first native-born America officially made a saint (in 1975). Many miracles are attributed to this saint through petitions and prayers for help. You can also ask Archangel Gabriel to help with the grief associated with family losses.

Saint Anne is the mother of Mother Mary and the grandmother of Jesus. She conceived Mother Mary at an old age, and is an excellent saint to ask for help with fertility and producing offspring. Saint Anne supports you when you are ready to start a family and have a child. On a personal note, I grew up with a connection to Saint Anne. My mother's devotion to the faith inspires me to this day. Two of my aunts prayed to Saint Anne, asking her to bring my husband and give me a happy family life. Saint Anne is often depicted as a seated woman with a book upon her lap and the child Mary leaning against her as she taught her. I have had this statue since childhood.

On a side note, while I was working on writing The Essential Guide to Archangels and Saints, I came across my mother's cookie tins filled with holy medals, scapulars, and prayer cards. I thought this find signaled that I was receiving further support from Mom from the Other Side as I wrote the book. (The scapular, derived from the word meaning "shoulder blade," is a garment designed by monks during the Middle Ages. It is considered a protective covering and shows devotion to Our Lady.)

Love and Friendship
Call on Archangels Chamuel and Jophiel to help you with relationships. Both archangels partner with the Angel of Discernment, the Angel of Helpful People, and the Angel of Unconditional Love to support you in all types of relationships. These everyday angels and many others are watching over you and helping you upon request. Everyday angels are always available to guide you to have a much happier, more fulfilling, and more spiritual life.

Archangel Chamuel works towards world peace and guides you to heal past and present relationship issues. Ask Chamuel to help you release resentment, open your heart to unconditional love, and attract the perfect relationships. Call on Archangel Jophiel to be by your side to help you cultivate a regular gratitude practice and observe the beauty and blessings around you. These two archangels team up to guide you through relationship issues requiring compassion and kindness and focus on the heart chakra.

Heart chakra crystals add a sense of comfort and amplify intentions, petitions, and mindfulness. Green and pink stones encourage happiness and harmony between you and your companions. Gems like chrysoprase, green calcite, pink calcite, pink tourmaline, unakite, and ruby in zoisite, to name just a few, are allied to support your journey with relationships. Work with these gems to amplify your request to your Divine helpers regarding friendship and love.

Money and Abundance
Aligning with saints and archangels for everyday situations is a gift and adds a spiritual vibration to the mundane. Engaging in illuminating activities like meditation, contemplation, and reflection allows for enlightenment and blessings. Archangel Barachiel is the archangel with whom you can partner when you want to attract blessings, prosperity, and happiness to your daily experience. This angel encourages fun and laughter, so lighten up your spiritual practice by calling on Barachiel.

Speaking of joyful energy, jolly old Saint Nick, Saint Nicholas of Bari, was a wonderworker and brought many miracles into the lives of those around him. This saint is known as Santa Claus because of his generosity and gift-giving. Connect with some vibrationally matching crystals for Saint Nicholas, like citrine, green aventurine, jade, pyrite, and ruby. These gems bring the vibes of abundance and philanthropy.

Protection and Safety
Archangel Michael is the first angel for defense when I need strong protection. Michael is often portrayed with a sword, shield, and the scales of justice. Archangel Michael aligns with the cobalt or deep blue ray. Use stones like lapis lazuli, sapphire, and sodalite when invoking his aid. Based on my experience over the years, Archangel Michael is a favorite archangel of many people. He is considered the leader of the archangels. Call on Michael for protection and to remove fears and phobias.

Archangel Jehudiel is usually depicted with a crown, a reward for hard work, and a whip, symbolizing responsibility with power. Jehudiel will keep you and your home safe. Call on Jehudiel to remove perceived or imposed blocks in your life. Ask this archangel to protect you so you can do what you are meant to do. Wear or carry charoite when connecting with Jehudiel, as chaos is turned into order and well-being.

With her cloak and special fire, Saint Brigid provides healing and protection. There is a tradition of carrying a Saint Benedict medal to protect from curses and diseases. Saint Benedict and Padre Pio are known to exorcise evil spirits or malevolent wishes. Envision a shield of shimmering white light around you. Allow it to deflect anything not for your highest good while amplifying blessings and well-being with these saints and archangels on your team.

Inhale essential oils to specifically amplify your petitions for protection. Clove oil protects from ill wishes and negative energy from your thought patterns. It helps deflect jealousy from others.

Repeat positive thoughts like these: "I am protected from negative influences. I am mindful of the energetic connections between others and myself. I automatically remove unhealthy cords of attachment that affect me mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Challenging situations are transformed, and the good is revealed. I am always Divinely protected."

Invoke Your Heavenly Helpers
Allow these spiritual beings to help you. Invite them to assist and give the archangels and saints permission to intervene on your behalf. Let them co-orchestrate your life. You can live a charmed life with Heavenly Helpers by your side.

Pray. Pray for yourself. Pray for your loved ones. Pray for those you don't know. Implore. Invoke. Meditate. Contemplate. Have faith. May the saints and angels light your path!

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2024. All rights reserved.

My dad passed away December of 2022. Before we knew he was sick, my son told us that Papaw was going to get sick and die. (My son often says weird things and then they happen.) Two weeks later, we found out Dad had cancer. He lived for eight months after being diagnosed. After he passed, I received a text on my phone that would not receive texts. This was two weeks after he passed and it came from my sister's number but was dated for the day my dad passed. It said, Help me find my phone I can't find it where is my stuff someone please help me. My sister never sent any such text. Now the TV changes channels all the time and we hear banging and doors shutting. We hear footsteps like someone in boots is walking. Right before Dad died, we were renovating his room because we moved into his house with him and he wanted it done. Now my husband and I are waking to the sound of someone sanding the walls, which is the next step in that room. My daughter once turned and said, Good night, Papaw, when she was going to bed. I feel him here sometimes and I talk to him daily! I have an overwhelming need to talk to him. So my question is, do you think all of this just my way of trying to cope with losing him and needing to talk to him, or is it really possible he's here? I ask him all the time for a sign that he is here, and once I got what sounded like someone whispering in my ear but it could have been me just needing him to contact me. I was his caregiver and we were very close and this has been so hard on me. I just don't know if all of this is really happening.

Marisa

Susyn:

It sounds to me like there is plenty of evidence to suggest that your father's spirit remains in your home and is regularly sending you affirming messages. For centuries, people have dismissed legitimate signs from their deceased loved ones by attributing them to grief or imagination, so both the signs you're experiencing and your skepticism are very normal.

First, I encourage you to give yourself permission to acknowledge these events as real. I think we insult the spirit world when we shake off spirits' attempts to connect with us as wishful thinking. I can only imagine how frustrating this may be for the spirits involved.

It's clear that your son and daughter are highly in tune with your dad's spirit; they even openly acknowledge his presence. Your son was able to intuitively predict his illness long before anyone else was aware of it. Children are much more psychically open and expressive of what they sense. Please encourage them to continue to honor their intuition/sixth sense.

The events you speak of are true blessings. To see so much evidence of your father's spirit around you must be a great comfort. It does help that you are living in his home, where he can easily make his presence known. As his caretakers, you and the children would naturally be the people he is closest to.

Your father remains a very strong presence in the home. I find it quite amusing that you are waking to the sound of sanding in his room, for it is as if he is reminding you to finish up the work he started. With so many signs that his spirit continues to reside in the house, you should feel free to speak to him whenever you like. Though you may not receive obvious or immediate responses, sharing your thoughts, dreams and memories with him will fill you both with joy.

He will continue to watch over you and your family in a protective way. At some point, you may feel that his presence is fading. This is natural as he adjusts to his new form and prepares to begin a new life in the spirit realm. However, you can trust that he will always be there when you need him, just as he was when he was alive.

I do have one note of caution for you: A remodeling project in an older home can sometimes awaken the spirits of other individuals who have lived in the house. If you ever get the sense that these paranormal events are not connected with your father, or if negative events start to happen, you may need to do a cleansing or call in someone to clear unwanted entities. From your email, I do not feel that this is what has been happening, but it's something you should be aware of.

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Oceania:

I'm sorry for your loss. What a loving daughter you are to have been your father's caregiver, and to have set your own life aside and moved into his home to care for him. It can be very stressful to juggle caring for a sick parent with sustaining a marriage and raising children!

Losing your caregiver role so suddenly and unexpectedly was another big adjustment. You had momentum going, and when it screeched to a halt, you had to shift gears and deal with all the tasks that accompany the death of a loved one. I feel certain you've been a good role model for your children, and have helped them see that illness, dying, grief and change are all part of a messy, imperfect and wonderful life.

Often, there's a rebound effect after caregiving. If you were unable to honor your need for rest as you went along, it probably caught up with you when the job ended! You may still need some down time to replenish yourself and to appreciate how well you responded to the call for action created by your father's diagnosis.

While stress and a lack of sleep can make us vulnerable to misperceiving and misinterpreting what's going on around us, there is good reason to assume that your father is still around. The abruptness of his passing was probably a shock for him, too, and he may not be ready to let go and move on.

It's common for the dying to have regrets about things they did not do or complete in their lifetime. Your father may feel a sense of incompletion about the room renovation. You might remind him that while the room and other projects went unfinished, there were many things he DID accomplish in his life.

Tell him what you loved best and appreciated most about him. When a loved one passes without warning, we are usually left with things we wish we would have shared but didn't. Though he has left this world physically, you can still do that; in fact, it would be healthy for you to talk to him now.

I invited your father to guide me in choosing two tarot cards. The one for you is Guardian, Woman of Crystals. It depicts a contemplative woman holding a beautiful gem, surrounded by many more. Your father clearly treasured you and your loving care. The message of the card is to focus on the positive, count your blessings, and guard against negative thoughts.

The card for your father is Seer, Sage of Wands, which is the highest card in the spiritual suit. It depicts a wise guide or teacher. You can rest assured that your father is with you in spirit, and you can always turn to him for strength and wisdom both now and when he finally moves on.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.