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OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL
selections
taken from "All About the Angels"
by Fr. Paul O'Sullivan,
O.P. (E.D.M.)
Tan
Books and Publishers, Inc.
It seems at first sight incredible that God gives each of us poor mortals a glorious Prince of Heaven to guide and guard us all the days of our life. A special angel who is with us night and day, who devotes all his time; all his care, all his unceasing vigilance to secure our happiness.
When an Angel takes charge of a soul, he devotes all his glorious intelligence and knowledge, all his power and vigilance to protect, defend, and help in every possible way the person whom God has given into his charge. He does this, firstly, because God gives him the command to do so, and the Angels most earnestly desire to do what God wishes; secondly, because he has himself an immense, personal affectionate love for us.
- He longs to share with us his joy, his happiness, his love, his holiness, and this with such a generosity and earnestness of desire as we selfish mortals cannot possibly understand. He labors every moment, day and night, to make us better, holier and happier.
- Not satisfied with his own efforts on our behalf, he prays for us unceasingly and with incredible fervor to God.
This great Angel too, is constantly whispering into our ears counsels full of love and wisdom.Our Angel may not interfere with our free will, but he can and does act on our memories, recalling vividly something we ought to do or warning us of something we ought not to do.
- He acts benevolently on our imaginations and on our reason, persuading us, urging us to correct our weaknesses, to fight against our evil inclinations, inspiring us with new ideals, and stimulating us to fresh and greater effort. If we do wrong, he is angry.
- He is ever on the alert to defend us from the fierce attacks of the demons, who are our relentless foes and who use all their malice to ruin us, to tempt us, to make us sin and who stir up every sort of trouble against us.
- Our Angels, moreover, save us from many other dangers and evils, of which we are utterly unconscious. Only in Heaven shall we come to know the favors and benefits that our Angel confers on us every day, the sorrows from which he saves us, the perils from which he snatches us.
It could not be otherwise since he is devoting to us all this angelic vigilance, all this bright intelligence. His efforts on our behalf are unceasing.
Prayer to Your Guardian Angel
Angel of God my guardian dear,
to Whom His love Commits me here.
Ever this day be at my side,
to light, to guard, to rule and to guide.(Say daily upon arising, 7 Glory Be's to your guardian angel)
