This post is something a little different. My
daughter sat down with her summer reading next to me and said, “I don’t have to
read the prolog, right?
That’s when I had to wonder if anyone actually
really reads them. So for this post to explain life at The Gates I am sharing
the prolog from Mocked by Faith. Though the religion only explains the
character’s actions, most don’t see why it does play a secondary character.
Les Portes de l’Ange
Gates of the Angels
As with most followers of
Christianity, those who live in The Gates loved their beloved archangels. Seven
archangels to be exact, Uriel, Raphael, Raguel, Michael, Zerachiel, Gabriel,
Remiel. Their faith splintered off from main stream Roman Catholics when four
were removed from their list.
As in the beginning, Adam &
Eve Genesis 2, when God created Adam, he created Eve to complete him. The
same holds true today. No man is fulfilled until he has taken a wife. A wife
chosen by the entity that created him, his father. Only then would the two be
forever in the grace of God.
Following the rules of their
forefathers kept the faith true to itself:
A wife shall place her husband above
all other men. A wife’s place is beside husband in and outside their home. She
must trust him to lead them both in life, love, and prayer.
A husband shall love his wife above
all others. He must protect, love, and lead his wife. He’s sworn to provide all
her needs, financial, emotional, and spiritual.
The couple shall be fruitful and
multiply. They will remain as one until the end of their days.
Peter 3:2
when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
Peter 3:5
For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used
to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands,
Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat
them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious
gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
As God created The Garden in Genesis
3, he also created Les Portes de l’Ange. A sanctuary for those who followed his
words and beliefs. There time stood still. Wives obeyed their husbands, respected
others, and lived be the sacred scriptures. Locking themselves away from the
outsiders who would threaten their way of life, very little changed for the
believers. Even with the additions of the technology world and changing
fashions, inside they remained true to their faith.
So now that you know why they act the
way they do, I hope you’ll check it out!
Thanks for letting me visit!
Michele Richard
Meet Michelle
Michele
Richard lives in a suburb of Boston, Mass. She’s the mother of two pre-teen
daughters and the wife.
Michele Richard has
created the Mocked series. From Mocked by Destiny to the trilogy Mocked by
Faith, she writes what comes from the heart. A wife and the mother of two
preteen girls, she spends her days spinning tales about what happens when what
you believe in mocks your every turn.
When she’s not
writing, her days are filled with her family, her bunny Geneva, and friends.
Her greatest passions are learning new languages and traveling. She currently
resides in the Northeastern part of the United States however; her family
members live down the east coast as far as North Carolina.
She’s currently
learning French and Spanish, and one day hopes to be fluent in both. Learning
new things is always something she enjoys.
Find Her Here:
WTF Are You Reading
would like to thank:
Michelle Richard
and
Renaissance Romance Publishing
for their cooperation in making this post
possible.
Great post!!
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