Guardian Angel's Names

[MissScripture]

I wouldn't say you HAVE to talk to your guardian angel. They'll protect you, anyway. But I don't know why it would be so dangerous to talk TO your guardian angel. I can see how it would be dangerous to expect your guardian angel to answer back, because there you don't know who is talking to you. But, I'd think that if you're talking TO your guardian angel, it would be sort of like talking to one of the Saints or something...? I could be totally off, but that's my two cents. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

And does anyone know WHY we're not supposed to name our guardian angels?

[Proud2BCatholic139]

The best thing to do is not talk out loud. The Devil can not read your thoughts...he can only hear what you are saying, read what you are reading.

[MissScripture]

As I was driving home this evening, on the Catholic radio station, they were talking about guardian angels and naming your guardian angel. I was disappointed, because I didn't get to hear all of it, because we lost reception so my dad changed the station. It was really interesting, though, especially with our conversation going on, here.

[Totus Tuus]

[quote name='MissScripture' post='1289609' date='Jun 6 2007, 05:25 PM']I wouldn't say you HAVE to talk to your guardian angel. They'll protect you, anyway. But I don't know why it would be so dangerous to talk TO your guardian angel. I can see how it would be dangerous to expect your guardian angel to answer back, because there you don't know who is talking to you. But, I'd think that if you're talking TO your guardian angel, it would be sort of like talking to one of the Saints or something...? I could be totally off, but that's my two cents. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

And does anyone know WHY we're not supposed to name our guardian angels?[/quote]

I think that saying you don't have to talk to your guardian angel is a misinterpretation of the passage Era Might posted. It is in no way discouraging communication with our guardian angels. They deserve to be prayed to, listened to, communed with, etc. Scripture supports this view. Talking to your guardian angel is not only permitted, but [i]good[/i].

As for why it is wrong to name angels. I am still not [i]quite[/i] sure how the passage pertains to [i]guardian angels[/i]. I think it may perhaps be referring to, say, publicly assigning a name to an angel. I cannot see anything intrinsically wrong with having a nickname for your angel. I have known people who named their angel, and thereby gained an easier method of talking to them as the friends they really are.

It'd be nice if one of our resident priests could help us to interpret the passage correctly.

Edited June 7, 2007 by Totus Tuus

[MissScripture]

[quote name='Totus Tuus' post='1289749' date='Jun 6 2007, 09:51 PM']I think that saying you don't have to talk to your guardian angel is a misinterpretation of the passage Era Might posted. It is in no way discouraging communication with our guardian angels. They deserve to be prayed to, listened to, communed with, etc. Scripture supports this view. Talking to your guardian angel is not only permitted, but [i]good[/i].

As for why it is wrong to name angels. I am still not [i]quite[/i] sure how the passage pertains to [i]guardian angels[/i]. I think it may perhaps be referring to, say, publicly assigning a name to an angel. I cannot see anything intrinsically wrong with having a nickname for your angel. I have known people who named their angel, and thereby gained an easier method of talking to them as the friends they really are.

It'd be nice if one of our resident priests could help us to interpret the passage correctly.[/quote]
I wasn't saying you CAN'T talk to your guardian angel, I'm just saying that I think they'd still take care of you, because that is what they are assigned to do. It should be encouraged, but not required.

And I would very much like a priest to shed some light on that passage, too!!

[gurlie4godsd]

[quote name='Totus Tuus' post='1289355' date='Jun 6 2007, 06:23 AM']JMJ+

We are discouraged from asking our guardian angel his name. It is o.k. to name your guardian angel yourself, but asking for him to reveal his name doesn't jive with what we know about angels. First of all, they very seldom [i]reveal themselves[/i] in Scripture, and when they do, they reveal very little about themselves (just the minimum, to get the task God gave them accomplished). Secondly, if you are inspired by an "angel" with a name, you can have no guarantee that you are being inspired by your [i]guardian angel[/i]. It could very well be a fallen angel.

So, it's o.k. to name your angel, but it's not very kosher to be asking him to reveal his name to you (I say "he" as a default... they are pure spirits).

Opus Angelorum provides good resources on this topic. God bless!

Lauren[/quote]

I'm pretty sure its the other way around. Well sort of. I heard that you shouldn't name your angel because they already have a name..if you make up one odds are its different than their actual name. Also I remember hearing that asking your angel to tell you its name is discouraged. That was kinda a fad in the 80's but its a little discouraged because if you start adressing your angel by their name it can (not will) make the relationship you have with your guardian angel slightly more like a spirit guide which could very easily lead to new age-y type border line occult activities. However you should have a personal relationship with your guardian angel...its just that we should realize that they are not "spirit guides" and we should keep our relationships with them appropriate. Angels are VERY active in the world we live in and we should be aware of that and ask for their guidance and protection. It is also very reasurring to know that you are never alone...cuz you have God but also a guardian angel!...before I heard that asking for names was discouraged I asked for my guardian angel's name and I got 5 names...we have one guardian angel except priests..they get a second at their ordination...anyways...so I was a bit confused. i talked to my theology prof. about it and he said that one was probably the name of my guardian angel and the other names were other angels that have just been around...which definately sounded about right because i had prayed ALL the time for more angels to be around me. So I don't know if these are right but these are the names I got...they kinda just started popping into my head while I was resting in the spirit at a festival of praise...Angelique, Jeremiah, Jezekiah, Athanathius, and Alphonsus.

Regina Angelorum...ora pro nobis

I LOVE ANGELS!!!!!

[CrossCuT]

[size=1]Whether or not it is true, I call my angel Andrew.

I prayed that he/she/it/spirit thing would tell me their name and the name Andrew stuck in my head.

I dont see how asking an angel to reveal their name can be bad, or even assigning one.
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[quote name='Proud2BCatholic139' post='1289701' date='Jun 6 2007, 07:25 PM']The best thing to do is not talk out loud. The Devil can not read your thoughts...he can only hear what you are saying, read what you are reading.[/quote]
How can the devil not read thoughts? Doesn't he tempt up with thoughts?

Does this mean it's a sin to talk to yourself?

Or to recite the Rosary?

I'm really confused as to how you cane to this conclusion.

[quote]That's very informative. Thank you! I would guess that includes naming our guardian angels God bless![/quote]I don't think it does. Our relationship with the Holy Angels is very different from our relationship with our Guardian Angel, as we are generally far more connected with the latter than one of the former. It doesn't make sense that we would start naming random angels, but our GA seems like a different story.

[quote]I think that saying you don't have to talk to your guardian angel is a misinterpretation of the passage Era Might posted. It is in no way discouraging communication with our guardian angels. They deserve to be prayed to, listened to, communed with, etc. Scripture supports this view. Talking to your guardian angel is not only permitted, but good.[/quote]Yeah, I'd be slightly disconcerted if we had a guardian angel and we weren't allow to share anything with that angel. What is the point of having a GA if you can't listen to it, or talk to it? Theoretically it could be Satan, but it's not like you just have to guess "hmmmmm, are you Satan?" Jeepers, you can ask for God's help on this one. Start talking about Jesus, you'll scare the bad guys away.

Era's passage seems to be warning against having a flippant attitude towards GA's. "When the daily events of life, which have nothing or little to do with our progressive maturing on the journey towards Christ are read schematically or simplistically, indeed childishly, so as to ascribe all setbacks to the Devil and all success to the Guardian Angels.' Sounds like the are warning against a simplistic relationship with our GA. I don't see how this eliminates communicating with our GA.