Angel Healing Stories with Archangel Raphael

How a Crusty, Old Angel Saved My Son

My story occurred three months ago when we had that terrible noreaster here in NY with heavy rain, wind, and floods. My 22-year-old son, Kevin, was living alone on a houseboat when he awoke to a big bang and found his bed floating in water. He was immediately up to his neck in water and unable to get out of any exits.

Somehow, he was able to make one phone call which alerted [my husband and me] to his desperation. We contacted Cory, the owner of the boat our son was on. Cory jumped in his small boat and sailed out to help Kevin. Meanwhile, Kevin was desperately trying to punch out the small porthole window in the roof of the boat. He was able to pull himself out through it. The five anchors holding this boat had all broken loose, so the boat was no longer in the same spot it had originally been in.

We don't know how Cory was able to even find Kevin, let alone get out to save him in time, but he did. Kevin was clinging on to the mast of the boat. The boat was totally submerged and had drifted onto a sandbar. His hands were cut up and he had hypothermia, but he was alive. Everything that transpired...were all miracles leading up to a big miracle.

No one but the crusty, old fisherman named Cory could have saved Kevin so quickly. I was actually at Mass when this was happening. I felt so helpless, but I was in the best place I could have been. There was nothing I could physically do, so I began praying for Kevin's safe return home. Well, as you can see, he was saved. I believe it was a miracle, and I believe he was surrounded by many angels that day and his guardian angel was right by his side the whole time.

- Lorraine W.

Archangel Prayers Helped Me Find a Job

Being a single mom, I have found myself faced with many financial, emotional and sometimes physical dilemmas. Whenever I find myself overwhelmed, I pray to the archangels and to God. The archangels have heard my prayers and lifted me up in times of travail and sadness. I lost my job last year and was desperate to find another. It was nine weeks of endless interviews, applications, stress, and panic. I was losing weight and I woke up every day terrified of losing my home and not being able to provide for my two wonderful children. Failure was not an option.

I came across some beautiful prayers to the archangels that I used to make my plea for help. My prayers to these loving angels were heard. I got a job at the local hospital where I have great benefits and I have moved up in the pay scale gradually. I am now able to use my talents to touch the lives of others. All the angels have helped me. They have all contributed their gifts to my success and they sustain me and my children.

- Mary B.

Archangel Raphael Is My Daughter's Guardian Angel

When my daughter was about two and a half-years-old, she began to tell me that she was seeing "bad mans" in places where I couldn't see anyone. Not long after that she also began to have nightmares...waking up screaming and saying that the "bad mans" were scaring her.

A few months ago (shortly after she turned 3), I was putting her to bed when she looked at me, took my hands into hers, and said "Mommy, help me pray to my angel to keep the bad mans away so I don't have scary dreams." Having never prayed with her before and not knowing much about angels myself, I was shocked. That night I said a prayer for her angel to watch over her and keep her safe. She then said her own prayer to her angel and we had the first quiet night in many months.

We have prayed together to her angel almost every night since then and have had great results. Over the months my daughter has explained to both my mom and I on a couple occasions what her angel looks like but doesn't say much else about it. Just last Saturday night, as we were getting ready for bed, she asked me if I know what her angel’s name is. I told her I didn't but that she could ask her angel herself.

The next night, as we were getting ready to say our prayer, she informed me that her angel’s name was Raphael. This struck my curiosity because I didn't know where she could have possibly heard this name before. I decided to look it up on the internet and was blown away when I read that Raphael is one of the four archangels. I have seen his amazing healing powers through my daughter and I am excited to research more on these angels.

- Misty C.

Was an Angel Sitting on the Corner of My Bed?

In August of 2004, I became ill and I began having sharp pains on the left side of my stomach/ribs/back area. I went to the doctor, and he gave me medicine for what he thought might be the problem.

I went over to my sister’s house, took the medicine, and went into her bedroom to lay down for awhile. As I was laying there, trying to get some rest but worrying because I was in so much pain, I felt someone sit on the corner of the bed, down by my feet. I had my head buried in the blankets when this happened; I thought it was my sister’s cat. I finally peeked above the covers and looked, but saw nothing. Her cat was not in the room with me and the door was shut tight.

I got up and went into the living room and asked my sister, "Has anything strange ever happened in your bedroom?" She said, "What, like someone sitting on the corner of the bed?" I was amazed. I really did know that someone was there with me. It could have been my grandpa, my spirit guide, or my angels from God. Looking back, whoever it was was there to comfort me for the days ahead. I ended up going to the hospital that afternoon (the medicine my doctor had given me was not working) and several days later, I found out I had a blood clot in my spleen.

Four days after being admitted, I finally had surgery to remove the spleen. After many blood tests, I found out I have a blood disorder called Lieden Factor V which makes me more likely to have a blood clot. I have to be on blood thinner for the rest of my life.

During my nine days in the hospital, it was difficult and scary not only for me, but for my family. We had just been through a really bad year with my mom with her illnesses and hospitalizations. Plus I had two young kids at home, a job, and a husband, but through all of this, in addition to the angel that was at my sister’s house, I had many [heavenly and earthly] angels who helped me to heal. I couldn't be more grateful and thankful for all those angels in my life. They helped me to heal...with them all, I was (and still am) strong.

- Tammy G., winner of our Archangel Raphael book contest

An Angelic Light Gave Me Strength

I volunteer at the local hospital in the emergency room. I go in and out of different rooms and greet people. I offer to pray for them or tell jokes. Whatever is needed to get their minds off of their worries.

A couple of months ago, I walked into a room and saw a small, very bright light move from near a young woman’s bed to my left. I watched it, looked back at the patient and her visitor, and then looked back to where I had seen the angel. I was speechless and didn't know what to say or do. I told the people in the room that I had just seen something. They knew something happened because they were watching my face and where I was looking in the room. I apologized and told them I would be back.

The next room I went to had an older man who had fallen and cut his head very badly. He was alone and covered with blood. I had never saw so much blood before in my life. I was able to look at his cut closely and talk to him without any problems. I started telling him jokes when the doctor came in and proceeded to staple and stitch him up.

I know the angel came to get me out of the room that I was not needed in and to give me the strength to handle what I was going to see in the room that I was needed in. I can now watch when a technician takes blood from me without any problems. I always had to look away before. I will never forget what my angel did for me and for the man who was all alone until I went to tell him jokes. Thank you God for this lovely blessing!

- Beth, winner of our Archangel Raphael book contest

The Hospital Angel Named Ruth

An angel's healing presence has accompanied me from listening and playing with my angels from childhood to adulthood. When all I knew were stinging, hot tears, a vision of the world settling and going to sleep, [I would] see a streak of rainbow, a message of light in the dark no matter what the situation.

To highlight just one experience: [Something] happened during my miscarriage. I was home with my 3-year-old daughter. At the time, my husband was at work. I was four months pregnant. It was towards evening and I didn't feel right with cramps. I ignored [the pain] yet found myself kneeling on a kitchen chair, staring out the window, and realized I was "biting" the back of the chair.I was holding my stomach so hard I could not move. There were teeth marks on the back of the chair. The pain was two minutes apart.

I called my husband and told him I was on my way to the hospital and would drop off our 3-year-old with friends. He said he would meet me at the hospital. I did not know how I would drive the car.

"It’s okay, you will make it,” a Voice said. "Go this way, hold onto this, go slow, you will be okay.” The Voice kept talking to me--the entire ride, it seemed arms were holding me and hands were holding mine over the steering wheel. Click here to continue reading the full story.

- Joan W., winner of our Archangel Raphael book contest

An Angelic Touch Became My Seat Belt

I have felt warmth and positive, loving energy around me throughout my life (like I'm being hugged). I have also smelled the aroma of flowers at various times when there were no flowers anywhere around me. The first time I actually "felt" the presence of angels was over 20 years ago. I was in a very serious car accident. I was not wearing a seat belt because, at that time, people didn't wear their seat belts like today.

It was a rainy morning and I was running late for work, so I was driving a little too fast for the conditions. The stoplight turned yellow and, since I had recently received a warning ticket for running a yellow light, I decided to stop. As I slammed on my breaks, the car hydroplaned and another car sideswiped my car twice. My car went spinning across two lanes of traffic, across a set of railroad tracks, and then jumped a median where another car hit me before I was finally able to reach a complete stop.

When the car had first started spinning out of control, I had felt a set of hands holding me back against my seat like a seat belt. The force of the impact should have bounced me around and I should have hit my head on the window or been thrown through the dashboard. My car was totaled beyond repair, yet I walked away intact, without any bumps or bruises. I later learned that there was normally a train on the tracks that my car flew over. The train was always on time, but that morning (thanks to God and the angels) that train had been delayed!

- Teri L.

The Guardian Angel on the Freeway

I was driving on the freeway when a teenager slammed into the back of my car. My car spun around so quickly that I knew I was going to slam into the center divider. Everything was moving in fast/slow motion.

My son was 3-months-old at the time and his car seat was swinging back and forth. I was trying to control the wheel but couldn't. I prayed, “Please God, help me in Jesus’ name. Don't take my little baby. Take me if you have to take someone. Please help me control this car.” Right after my prayer, I jumped over to the car seat and covered my baby boy under my body. I held the car seat under my body. I felt this cool air sensation and the next thing I knew, I looked up and saw a lady in the middle of the freeway, waving her hands at all the traffic coming toward my car. She was trying to get them to stop while my car spun quickly in circles. I prayed harder and faster, and the car came to a standstill.

Then the lady came to see how I was doing and someone called the police and paramedics. The oncoming trucks and cars had all stood still while we just kept spinning. When I got out of the car, the seat belt had cut my neck when I jumped over the seat to shield my son. The cut was in the shape of a cross and, to this day (this happened in 1991), I have a scar of a small cross on my neck.

The policeman [who arrived on scene] said, "You shouldn't be here according to what everyone saw." It was a miracle and the lady said she knew she had to stop the traffic when she saw a car seat; she knew there was a baby. She was truly my guardian angel and so was Raphael; I believe they both stopped the car!

We did slam into the center divider, but no glass broke. My son had been sleeping and didn’t start crying until the hit. I was very grateful to the lady and we kept in touch after the accident. Thank God for both my guardian angels!

- Suzette

An Encounter with Archangel Raphael During Reiki

In 2005, I was diagnosed with an aggressive DNA strain of cervical cancer. I had a pap smear two months earlier and the results did not find anything abnormal, but my intuition kept telling me something was wrong. I harassed the doctor to redo the tests and the results showed that the cancer was spreading very quickly, so my doctor got me an appointment to see a specialist within a week.

The specialist scheduled surgery for ten days later as he was concerned with the rate of growth and how quickly the cancer cells were multiplying. My friend sent me [to get] massage to help me relax and take some time out for myself. The [massage] therapist asked me if she could give me some reiki and I agreed. During the reiki, I saw/felt Archangel Michael, Raphael, and another [guardian] angel. Raphael drew out some of the negative energy from my body and Michael wrapped his big, strong wings around me and supported me. My guardian angel held my hand.

I started crying and my therapist asked me if I could see anything. When I told her what I was feeling and seeing, she told me she could see them too and described them exactly as I saw them. When I went back to the therapist the following week, instead of multiplying at a rapid rate, the cancer cells had almost completely gone.

It's been five years since then, but I have just found out that the cancer cells are back and I am off to see the therapist again in two days. I have every faith that reiki and the angels will help me through this next trial. They are always around us, just waiting on us to call for their assistance.

- Bernstar

When Three Angels Found Me in a Dark Theater

It was spring 1986 and I was in college. I had spent the previous semester helping the drama department with a play. I was elected as set designer for the spring and I went into the theater to get some last-minute measurements. I mounted the stage with great flourish, after flinging the double doors open. The doors shut and I realized there was no light at all in the theater. I moved towards the light panel and "felt" something in front of me. I took one step to the left that took me 20 feet down to the concrete floor of the orchestra pit. As I tried unsuccessfully to move, I realized I was bleeding and I probably had a broken leg.

No one knew where I was; this was long before cell phones. I yelled for help and after three minutes, I could see myself in the dark lying on the floor. I knew I only had one more shot. I told God that if he would send an angel to help me, I would spend my life telling this story. After my next cry for help, the doors swung open and three students said they thought they had heard a child crying. 23 years and a hip replacement later, and I have never stopped spreading God’s glory.

- Jerome H.

Was the Butterfly an Angel in Disguise?

August 1999. My mother had died less than a month before. I had to take Daisy (not her real name), a young woman with autism, to visit her mother for Daisy's birthday party. Things weren't going well. We had to wait for Daisy's sister and her family, but they were running late. Daisy wasn't dealing well with the delay, screaming and stomping. We were out on the deck, and she had thrown a glass of lemonade onto the lawn. About this time, her mom got a call that the sister, already over an hour late, would be late another half hour.

Apart from the stress of dealing with Daisy's behavior, I was feeling the loss of my own mother and a little jealous that Daisy still had hers. In the midst of all this came a butterfly. It flitted onto the railing of the deck and landed, stretching its striped wings and oblivious to the human drama. I was mesmerized. Even Daisy stopped screaming. The butterfly fluttered over by Daisy's mom, resting on a vine near her head before heading toward the neighbor's yard.

Daisy's mother suddenly announced we would go ahead with the birthday party--we had waited long enough for Daisy's sister. Daisy went into the yard and brought in her glass. As we headed into the house, the butterfly returned, stopping so close to me that I could have touched it. I have loved butterflies since I was a little girl, and I was suddenly certain that my mother had sent this one to help me get through a difficult situation. My mother had believed very much in angels, and she collected them as well. I was skeptical until that day. I don't know if the butterfly was an angel in disguise or just an angelic gift, but the effect it had on all three of us was miraculous.

- Jenny Ann, winner of our Archangel Raphael book contest

Angels Sending Dimes from Heaven

I get messages from angels all the time. Anyone can, all you have to do is listen. The one I remember the most is from the time I was downsized from my job. I'd had a feeling for a week that something was going on so I'd cleaned up all my files and the day I was done was the day I was dismissed.

We needed my income so of course I was worried. The next morning, as I was getting up, I found a dime on the living room carpet. Along with the dime, I got the message [from the angels]: "This is to let you know God will take care of you.” Every day I found a dime and every day I was reminded that God will take care of us. It didn't matter if I was walking down the street, in the store or just at home, I found a dime.

After four months, I found a new job that was a higher pay than the one I'd left with more benefits. My job loss was a blessing in disguise. For awhile I didn't find any more dimes until one particular day. All of a sudden, I broke out in a rash that I couldn't get rid of so off to the doctor. I went. Finally I was diagnosed with Lupus and totally worried since I knew someone who had the disease and she wasn't doing well.

Later, when I walked through the door [of my house], there was a dime. I knew that [was a sign] that I would be okay. To this day if I have a worry or if I am praying about a particular thing, I find a dime.

- Pam B., winner of our Archangel Raphael book contest

The Angel Sign from Raphael

My favorite archangels are Michael and Raphael. I talk to St. Michael all the time and he answers me by sending feathers. Last year my mom went through a very serious surgery for a stomach aneurism. She came through the surgery great and she is now doing very well.

The day after my mom's surgery, I asked Michael if my mom was going to be ok. I was walking my dogs and, not ten seconds after I asked, a feather was in my path. The day my mom came home from the hospital, I was walking to the curb to greet my sister and a feather was on the grass. On my drive home from my mom's house the day she came home, I asked Michael again if ,mom was going to be ok.

After I asked for the third time, a car passed me on my left and on the license plate was [the word] FEATHER. My mom prays to Michael and Raphael every day. Raphael is her favorite. I have no doubt that angels are watching over us and they are with us every single day of our life.

- Danielle

My Jar Full of Angel Feathers

When I first read Doreen Virtue’s angel signs book last year, it helped me tremendously. One day, I talked out loud to Jesus and the angels about my former fiancé. He had changed his mind [about marriage] and I was crushed. I specifically asked for a sign based on what I read in the book to confirm my prayer had been heard. I prayed that I would hear from my fiancé again so the air could be cleared and I could understand why [he broke off the engagement].

Several minutes after praying, I went in the direction where my car was parked. I looked down and there was a feather, several inches long. I was stunned. I picked it up and continued walking. I found three more feathers within a few inches of each other and I even saw a tiny Ziploc bag next to them. How about that. A bag to keep them all in. I knew I had been heard.

Since that fateful day in March 2009, I have found and amassed over 100 feathers of all sizes and colors. I keep them in a jar on my computer stand. It's astounding.

- Valerie

Angelic Peacock Feathers That Gave Me Hope

I am so grateful that Doreen Virtue shares her gifts and wisdom with us. I am 45 years of age and I have experienced multiple traumas. I deal with PTSD along with a variety of other challenges. There are times I feel so alone. However, I do believe in the Divine. I am so grateful to be aware of my angel friends. Their various signs of comfort, joy, humor, and guidance remind me that I am not alone.

Just now, as I was opening my email, I had a message from Beliefnet with the subject: “Are Your Angels Sending You Signs?” and “Are Angels Sending You Feathers?” Today, I recognized it was Wednesday and Archangel Raphael ruled the day. I stopped and acknowledged Raphael and the colors and attributes associated with him.

I am in the middle of packing to move and leave an abusive relationship, so I wanted to light a green candle and incense. I looked around and found "angel" incense. I went over to my dresser and found a green candle in an emerald green candle holder [sitting] beneath large peacock feathers. One of the peacock feathers was given to me three years ago, after I had experienced a life-changing injury. I was devastated and I was praying for a sign that I was not alone. I went to my mailbox and there was a huge peacock feather right by my mailbox! I accepted that as a loving and supportive sign that Raphael was with me. My angels are always with me.

- Veronica

The Angel's Voice That Provided Peace

Doreen [Virtue], you brought healing into my life. I saw you at a unity church about ten years ago and I was very distraught over some bad mistakes I had made as a teen. You took time to listen to my story and offered me information that completely changed the way I thought about myself.

I have been free of those demons ever since and I have read just about every book you have written. I listen to your recordings and I even had a clairaudient experience five years ago where a disembodied male voice told me I would own the home I now own. The sense of peace and relief that experience brought me has been extremely powerful and, since that moment, I have never felt alone on this earth.

I have told many people my story and they don't believe me, but no one can ever convince me again that angels are not with every moment of your life. They are always here to listen, guide us, and offer help if we just ask.

- Julia