Holy Guardian Angels: 2014

From infancy to death human life is surrounded by their (the angels) watchful care and intercession. Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life. Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united to God.~ from the Catechism of the Catholic Church; 336.

Make yourself familiar with the Angels, and behold them frequently in spirit. without being seen, they are present with you. ~ St. Francis de Sales

When tempted, invoke your Angel. He is more eager to help you than you are to be helped! Ignore the devil and do not be afraid of him: he trembles and flees at the sight of your guardian angel. ~St. John Bosco

Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life. ~ St. Basil the Great

I bind to myself today the power in the love of the Seraphim, in the obedience of the Angels, in the ministration of the Archangels, in the hope of Resurrection unto reward, in the prayers of the Patriarchs, in the predictions of the Prophets, in the preaching of the Apostles, in the faith of the Confessors, in the purity of the holy Virgins, in the deeds of Righteous men. ~St. Patrick of Ireland

f you feel sweetness or compunction at some word of your prayer, dwell on it; for then our guardian angel is praying with us.
~St. John Climacus

In the presence of an invisible spirit, the body becomes afraid; but in the presence of an angel, the soul of the humble is filled with joy. Therefore, when we recognize the presence from the effect, let us quickly hasten to prayer, for our good guardian has come to pray with us.
~St. John Climacus

When you close the doors to your dwelling and are alone you should know that there is present with you the angel whom God has appointed for each man...This angel, who is sleepless and cannot be deceived, is always present with you; he sees all things and is not hindered by darkness. You should know, too, that with him is God, who is in every place; for there is no place and nothing material in which God is not, since He is greater than all things and holds all men in His hand.
~St. Antony the Great

Link to writing by St. Bernard of Clairvaux on the Holy Guardian Angels

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
~ Saint Francis de Sales

We are like children who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us: God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.
~ St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? Hebrews 1:14

An angel can illume the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision, and by bringing within his reach some truth which the angel himself contemplates.
St. Thomas Aquina Bliss of the Way

For, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: And the angel that spoke in me, said to me... He does not say spoke to me but in me...
St. Augustine

Angels, living light most glorious! ... you look on the eye of your God never taking your fill: what glorious pleasures take shape within you!
~Hildegard of Bingen
O Gloriosissimi

The angels work together for the benefit of us all.
~ St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica

When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember then, as always, that God the Trinity looks upon you with eyes brighter than the sun; also all the angels, your own Guardian Angel, and all the Saints of God. Truly they do; for they are all one in God, and where God is, there are they also. Where the sun is, thither also are directed all its rays. Try to understand what this means.
~Elder Herman of Mt. Athos

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