St. Michael the Archangel (M 009) Postcard

St. Michael the Archangel is patron saint of law enforcement and emergency services personnel. + Feast: September 29 + The Biblical text on the blue shield on the front of the card is quoted from the Roman Catholic Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA) translation, which is in the public domain. It is a popular verse for meditation at Blue Masses and other services for First Responders. + Image Credit (M 009): Antique image of St. Michael the Archangel from a very early nineteenth-century hand-colored devotional print (N: 64) etched by F. Pischet, Linz, Austria, from the designer's private collection of religious ephemera. + Image Credit (Flowers): Aster Conspicuus by Gerald_G, Openclipart, Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License. The line drawing of the flowers has been colorized to match the image of St. Michael in style and hues. The Aster Conspicuus is the American "cousin" of the Aster Amellus, the European Michaelmas Daisy.