Credo in Deum Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Guardian angels! Anyone here speak with their angel daily? Maybe ask them to go and comfort those who are hurt, dying, or suffering? My brother helped me with my devotion to my guardian angel. I would hear him say, "Guardian angel, please go and speak with so and so's angel. Help them in such in such a need". I started doing this and have found it to be a great help. I've also been asking my guardian angel to help me when faced with temptations towards impurity by introducing holy images into my thoughts. Anyway, what do you ask your angel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysostom Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Before I receive the Eucharist I usually ask my guardian angel to help me make a good communion. He, together with my Blessed Mother, is usually the first one I pray to when I face unwanted temptations. I also like to pray the traditional children's prayer to the guardian angel. There are many more things I could be doing, though. This is something I often tend to forget, but I was advised by my confirmation sponsor to make a practice of greeting the guardian angels of those I meet, and especially to ask for the help of those angels whose charges I wish to see converted. I know some saints made a practice of greeting the angel set over the city that they entered. I haven't really made a practice of doing this but I think it would great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulHeart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I often pray to my guardian angel when I take exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarysLittleFlower Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I pray to my Guardian Angel but I wish to do it more. They are so forgotten! I heard recently in my catechism class at my parish that our Angels chose us isn't that cool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I pray to my Guardian Angel but I wish to do it more. They are so forgotten! I heard recently in my catechism class at my parish that our Angels chose us isn't that cool? I had never heard that, but it's a nice thought. On the other hand, now I can't stop wondering: Why in the world would she choose me? Is she a really low-ranking angel and so got last dibs? Did she look around and think, "Oh, sheesh. Look at all these bozos... Man, umm... Hm... I guess I'll take THAT one." Am I, in the words of the Epic Rap Battle, "the shiniest of the turds"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarysLittleFlower Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Haha I thought maybe since each Angel is so different, they choose us based on the plan God has for us and what is particular about our soul.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatitude Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Sometimes, if I've fought with someone or done something to upset them, I ask our angels to help us sort it out. I have an image of an angel on my wall (a reproduction of an ancient icon fragment) and whenever I see it I remember my guardian and feel grateful. Apart from the occasional time when I say the old children's prayer ("Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here...") I don't really practise formal devotions to my angel, although I recently found a beautiful prayer that I'd like to start using: "O Angel of God, my holy Guardian, keep my life in fear of Christ God, strengthen my mind in the true way and wound my soul with heavenly love, so that guided by thee, I may obtain the great mercy of Christ. Glory be..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulHeart Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 In kindergarten, my textbook included an activity encouraging me to name my guardian angel. I named my angel Sam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo in Deum Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) Before I receive the Eucharist I usually ask my guardian angel to help me make a good communion. He, together with my Blessed Mother, is usually the first one I pray to when I face unwanted temptations. I also like to pray the traditional children's prayer to the guardian angel. I will have to do this next time I receive communion. Did you know that Saint Michael is the guardian angel of the Eucharist?! When I found that out I thought it was the coolest thing. I also read that St. Michael was also Jesus' guardian angel during his earthly life, which makes sense for why he is the guardian angel of our Eucharistic Lord. The other great thing is each church has a guardian angel! Angels everywhere I tells you! Edited November 16, 2015 by Credo in Deum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysostom Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I will have to do this next time I receive communion. Did you know that Saint Michael is the guardian angel of the Eucharist?! When I found that out I thought it was the coolest thing. I also read that St. Michael was also Jesus' guardian angel during his earthly life, which makes sense for why he is the guardian angel of our Eucharistic Lord. The other great thing is each church has a guardian angel! Angels everywhere I tells you! Oh that's so wonderful! And yes I forgot about the fact that there are guardian angels of churches. The idea of guardian angels is a lovely thing to meditate upon. Princes of heaven they are, powerful enough to destroy the universe with a sword slash and filled with radiance and majesty and dignity. Yet they bind themselves to us in humble prayer. About the statement that guardian angels choose their humans - I would not be surprised, given that I have heard several other times that saints in heaven choose their friends on earth more than we choose the saints we are close to. Here's a lovely meditation on one's guardian angel by a priest: http://vultuschristi.org/index.php/2015/10/my-friend/ My favourite lines are the priestly bits. "His greatest joy — perhaps you have already guessed it — is when he accompanies me to the altar to offer the Holy Sacrifice. There he becomes absolutely radiant. He stands, like a deacon, at my side. He is completely at home in the liturgy of the Church, and he knows it inside out. He sings with understanding, he bows profoundly, he teaches me how I am to conduct myself in the presence of the Thrice Holy God. "At the moment of the Consecration, he becomes all luminous: beautiful with an indescribable beauty. I feel him trembling with joy next to me. And then he becomes utterly silent; he becomes like a flame of adoration. At this moment he is never alone. All his confrères arrive and sometimes, just sometimes, one feels, but ever so slightly, the hushed movement of wings of light. They arrive, all of them together, to surround the altar and then, they adore, they adore, they adore. "For him Mass is never too long. Holy Mass is what he loves most on this earth of ours: Holy Mass, and then adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. He is always directing me towards the tabernacle. ... "So there you have it: a little portrait of my friend. Each of you has one rather like him. Love these celestial friends of ours, honour them, and consult them; and, today, give thanks to the Father for having given them to us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthfinder Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Oh that's so wonderful! And yes I forgot about the fact that there are guardian angels of churches. Countries have guardian angels as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 In kindergarten, my textbook included an activity encouraging me to name my guardian angel. I named my angel Sam. I named my guardian angel as well. But I choose my middle name. I didn't think no one else did this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo in Deum Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) I was about to name mine, but then someone, I think a priest, said it should not be done since naming someone or something is way of claiming possession which made sense so I decided to address my angel as, Angelo. It's my way of having my cake and eating it too. Edited November 16, 2015 by Credo in Deum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysostom Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I get that this happened in kindergarten, but I don't understand why one would ever undertake to name one's guardian angel. They have names already; we just don't know them nor do we need to know. Do you look back on this as an example of wonky catechesis or do you still use the name? I'm actually curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 The way that I understand, is that it's something to have something for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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