ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 18th of December WELCOME ! SAINT MALACHI, PROPHET It is the last book of the collection of the twelve Minor Prophets which is inscribed with the name of Malachias [Malachi]. As a result, the author has long been regarded as the last of the canonical prophets of the Old Testament. All that is known of him, however, is summed up in the tenor of his preaching and the approximate period of his ministry. IS MALACHI THE AUTHOR OF THE BIBLICAL BOOK? A large number of modern authors refuse to see in Mal'akhi the proper name of the author. They point out that in Mal., 3:1, the Lord announces: "Behold I send my angel (mal'akhi)...". According to them, it is from this passage that the name Mal'akhi was borrowed by a more recent author, who added the inscription to the book (1:1). It is more probable that Mal'akhi should be understood as the proper name of the author, or as a title borne historically by him an...