His other books include How to Pray the Dominican Way (Paraclete) and The Christian Book of the Dead (Crossroad). In addition, he’s written an instructional book for catechists which uses stage magic as a teaching tool for children and young adults entitled The Catechist's Magic Kit (Crossroad). He’s also the Guildmaster of the Catholic Magicians’ Guild and a professed member of the Secular Franciscans (Third Order Franciscans).Īngelo has published articles in most of the major Catholic journals in the United States and Great Britain and had worked as a correspondent for the Catholic News Service having served as principle liaison for the wire service to the United Nations and to the Holy See's Office to the United Nations.Īngelo has written six books on mentalism/cold reading including Conspiracy, Something from Nothing, The Other Side, Shibboleth and his upcoming Spur of the Moment. He is the editor of “Smoke & Mirrors,” the Net's largest e-zine for professional magicians. Trust in God and he will lead you to his everlasting love.Īngelo Stagnaro Angelo Stagnaro ("Erasmus") performs as a stage magician and mentalist and divides his time between Europe and North America. Only God can satisfy the deepest needs of your heart. Don’t put your trust in horses or chariots (Psalm 20:7). ![]() If you misplace your faith in things of this world, you’ll only be disappointed. ![]() Remember the Lord in everything you do, and he will show you the right way.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) But how does it behoove an actress to gain the whole world but lose her soul in the process (Mark 8:36)? Trust in God and all things and you will prosper.ġ0. Michelle Williams, Martha Plimpton and Ashley Judd have bragged that their success at acting was due to the fact that they sacrificed their children to their careers and were than able to ascend the Hollywood hierarchy. The world makes great demands upon us and attracts us with its sickly sweet putrescence, but God is worth more than the bright shiny baubles held before us. “Your faith, then, does not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.” (1 Corinthians 2:5) He reveals his plans to us and we will want those things that he gives us and only those things.ĩ. When we align our wills with his, we find that we need less and less because God will increase and we will decrease. This doesn’t mean that God is our personal Cosmic Concierge. “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” (Matthew 21:22) He protects us from being destroyed by the evil in the world.Ģ. He walks beside us even as he had with our ancestors in the Garden. But, despite the follies and consternations, we are still his children who he has loved into existence. We are frail creatures - mere shadows of the Great Image in which he created us. The world is a broken place and our earthly existence is dependent upon it. Your shepherd’s rod and staff protect me.” (Psalm 23:4) “Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. God gives us all of the answers we need in the Scriptures:ġ. But Christians are fallen creatures enlightened only by Baptism and invited to come to understand God and his will for us. In that trust can be found their faith in God. That’s the reason I drink only coffee.Īngels trust God - at least the good ones do. ![]() Or perhaps I’ll shuffle off this mortal coil because of some embarrassing accident involving a cup of tea and an errant paper clip. ![]() Perhaps I shall die as part of an elaborate, conspiratorial scheme spanning centuries. I know with absolute certainty that I am mortal but I have no idea of what my expiration date is. We trust in him just as people who trust the sun will rise tomorrow and the next day and the day after until the end of time. If, on the other hand, one speaks of faith as trust in God, then we can say that angels do have faith just like all believers. They don’t have faith in God, because they are perpetually before him and he in them. Thus, we can say, angels do not have faith, no more so than I have faith in air and gravity - I’m submerged in both and quite dependent upon them, just as the angels are dependent upon God. Even the evil angels - demons who hate God and everything holy - know he exists. (Matthew 18:10) They bask in his love and do his bidding. Why? Because the angels stand before the Face of God singing his praises and bringing before him the prayers of their charges on Earth. If by faith one means, “belief in things unseen” (Hebrews 11:1) then definitely and with metaphysical certitude, we can say that angels do not have faith. The correct answer to the above Thomistic question depends upon how you define faith.
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