{"id":779,"date":"2014-10-01T23:53:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T06:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiestanthony.com\/blog\/?p=779"},"modified":"2014-10-01T23:53:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T06:53:05","slug":"feast-of-our-holy-guardian-angels-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiestanthony.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/01\/feast-of-our-holy-guardian-angels-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of Our Holy Guardian Angels, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angels are real. \u00a0They are immortal beings and each person that has ever been or ever will be has a Guardian Angel. \u00a0This belief is Catholic doctrine and Our Blessed Lord Jesus Himself tells us in scripture: \u00a0“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of My heavenly Father.” \u00a0Their role is to represent souls before Almighty God, to watch over them always, to aid their prayer and to present their souls to God at death.<\/p>\n

The knowledge that we each have an Angel Guardian is a great comfort. \u00a0This aspect of Catholic piety teaches us that God protects us and those we love from dangers real or imagined. \u00a0Especially when we carry our crosses our Guardian Angels help us to receive the gifts of grace that God wants to bestow on us. \u00a0Devotion to these magnificent creatures (and indeed devotion to Our Blessed Mother Mary and the entire Communion of Saints) is the Will of God. \u00a0Saint Benedict and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux were great champions of the doctrine and we owe much to their inspired teaching. \u00a0The first feast in honor of our Guardian Angels was given to Holy Mother Church in 1615 \u00a0by Pope Paul V.<\/p>\n

O Guardian Angel, my helper from above- \u00a0O Guardian Angel, protect me with thy love!<\/p>\n

O Angel Holy with wings so shiny bright; keep me, guide me always, to think and do what’s right.<\/p>\n

O Guardian Angel, from heaven thou didst come. \u00a0O Guardian Angel, to God’s Love I’ll succumb!<\/p>\n

O Wondrous Spirit, defend me all my days. \u00a0Lead me to Our Precious Lord, our Life, our Hope, our Way!<\/p>\n

Please listen Angel and hearken to my prayer- when my life is ended, my soul is in thy care! \u00a0Then fly me to heaven, to meet Our Dearest Lord. \u00a0Then my friend we’ll sing again, His praise for evermore!- From a children’s hymn to Guardian Angels, composed in 1972.<\/p>\n

One last suggestion\u2026 My dear sister has named her Guardian Angel. \u00a0This is a good practice and I recommend it. \u00a0Remember that we were made just a little below the angels and that God wants us to spend eternity with Him and all the angels and saints in heaven. \u00a0“Never turn away a stranger, for many have entertained angels unawares.”<\/p>\n

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