1/12/2023 0 Comments Guardian angel prayer catholic![]() ![]() With their hands they shall support you, lest you strike your foot against a stone. For God commands the angels to guard you in all your ways. “No evil shall befall you, no affliction come near your tent. They stand by our sides every step of the way to comfort us when we are sad, to protect us when we are in danger, and to lead us back to Jesus when we have lost our way. We were not made to suffer alone and so we should not be afraid to turn to our Guardian Angels when we are feeling lonely, lost, or afraid. On this feast of the Guardian Angels, let us thank God for giving us a very special friend to be with us on our journey through life. They also have many prayers to the Guardian Angels and Holy Angels, including a prayer to the Guardian Angel of the United States! The Order of the Holy Angels has many other resources on their website. ![]() The Order of the Holy Angels has many books about the Holy Angels and Guardian Angels. It is easy to read and a precious story for adults and children. There is a lovely book, Under Angel Wings, about a young girl who often saw and spoke with her Guardian Angel. They want to help us, but we have to be open to allowing them to work in our lives. We should pray often to our Guardian Angel for guidance and protection. Take me by the hand I promise docile obedience to your guidance so that I may attain eternal happiness.” “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits here, ever this day/night be at my side to light, to guard, to rule, and guide. The most traditional one is the Guardian Angel prayer but here, I am writing it with a variation from the Order of the Holy Angels: For more Catholic prayers and additional. There are many prayers we can say to our Guardian Angel. commits me here, Ever this day, be at my side, To light and guard, Rule and guide. Many Saints have even seen their Guardian Angels and spoken with them. No one before us had our specific Guardian Angel, and no one after us will have the same one ever again. We celebrate the feast of the Guardian Angels on October 2nd!Įveryone has a Guardian Angel and none of us has to walk through the trials and sufferings of this life alone, because we each have a special friend that is ours alone. “How great the dignity of the soul, since each one has from his birth an angel commissioned to guard it.” There is a beautiful quote by Saint Jerome that says: We should pray often to our Guardian Angels and speak to them as if we were speaking to a friend here on earth. Our Guardian Angels watch over us, pray for us, intercede for us, and guide us along the way. This special angel is known as our Guardian Angel. Ever since the beginning of our lives, God gave us a special angel to be our constant and life-long friend and companion. But if thou wilt hear his voice, and do all that I speak, I will be an enemy to Thy enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee: and My angel shall go before thee.Life on earth is extremely difficult and sometimes it may seem like we are all alone. Take notice of him, and hear his voice, and do not think him one to be contemned, for he will not forgive when thou hast sinned, and My name is in him. Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I will send my angel, who shall go before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into the place that I have prepared. O God, Who in Thine ineffable providence dost vouchsafe to send Thine angels to watch over us, grant to Thy suppliants to be continually defended by their protection and to share their companionship in eternity. ![]() These four readings and prayers taken from today’s Mass propers from the 1962 Missal brought my own very vividly to mind. How often do you think about yours? I confess that I do not think of or thank my own guardian angel regularly enough – and God knows he has seen me through my fair share of danger – physically and spiritually – throughout the years. October 2nd is the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels. ![]()
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