Friendship with Your Guardian Angel

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What do we know about Guardian Angels?

We are a composite of body and spirit or soul. Angels are pure spirits. They are persons with no physical body, but real persons none the less.

They are vastly superior to us in their intellect and their strength and power.

Their primary task is to serve God and glorify him. Their secondary task is to guide and protect humans as we journey through this life to our home in heaven, while under the attack of the devil and his demons.

The Catechism (336) teaches that every human has his own special Guardian Angel from the moment of his conception.

Think of this: an angel was sent from heaven the moment you were conceived in your mothers womb and charged with the mission of bringing you safe to heaven.

He has waged a long and relentless battle on your behalf. And we…half the time we have acted as his ally and the other half as his enemy and the enemy of God.

Yet while we vacillate – He never waivers. He is our constant Ally. When everyone deserts your fight, He says, I’ll go with you, I’ll go with you - My Blood!

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St. Gemma Galganni saw her Guardian Angel with her eyes, and touched him with her hand as if he were a being of this world, and spoke with him as one friend would with another.

I want to share with you the kinds of conversations she had with her Angel. She would say:

“Tell me, my Angel, what was the matter this morning with the confessor who was so very serious that he would not listen to me? And will the Father write to me from Rome, and when, in answer to the letter I wrote him, asking him how I should act in a certain case? And that sinner for whom I am striving, tell me dear Angel, when will Jesus convert him for me? And what answer should I give that person who has come to ask my advice? And what do you think of me? Is Jesus contented with me, or what must I do to keep Him so?”

She made known to him her own wants and those of others.

In her sufferings she wished to have him always by her side.

She charged him to lay several matters before the throne of God, before the Divine Mother and her Patron Saints,

·       giving him also closed and sealed letters for them,

·       with a request to bring her back the answers in time;

·       and those letters, as a matter of fact, disappeared.

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Our Guardian Angel is a witness to all our words and actions.

Again St. Gemma Galganni writes:

“My Angel is a little severe, but I am glad of it. During the past days he brought me to order as often as three or four times a day.” And indeed sometimes it almost appeared as if he had gone too far. “Yesterday while at table”—it is Gemma who is speaking— I raised my eyes and saw the Angel looking at me with a severity that would frighten one. Later when I went to rest a little, O my God, how angry he was! I looked at him but lowered my eyes immediately. “Art thou not ashamed,” he said, “to commit faults in my presence?” He cast such severe looks at me! And I did nothing but cry and recommend myself to my God and to my Blessed Mother, that they might take me away, because I could not bear it much longer. Every now and then he repeated: “I am ashamed of thee.” I prayed also that others might not see him so angry; for if they did, no one would come near me. I suffered a whole day and could not recollect myself. I had not courage to say a word to him, for whenever I raised my eyes he was looking at me with severity. I should have so liked to ask pardon, but when he is angry there is no chance of his granting it. Yesterday evening I found it impossible to go to sleep, and at last about two o’clock I saw him approach; he put his hand on my forehead, saying: “Sleep, my poor child,” and disappeared.

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You wanna make it real - Develop a Friendship with Your Guardian Angel

The Best way is by talking to your Guardian Angel

·       In your mind or out loud

·       Angels have Intellect to Intellect communication

·       Thank him

·       Ask for help, guidance, protection…

Think about his presence

·       which makes you Aware of his Presence

If I am aware my Guardian Angel is present, then I guarantee I will think, speak and act better

Awareness of the Presence of an Important Person puts us on our best behavior

Practice the Presence of your Angel

Take delight in the company of one who shares your pursuit of the good – that is the essence of Friendship

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Consecration to Our Guardian Angel

The Church encourages a Consecration to three people – Mary, Joseph and our Guardian Angel

·       From the Cross Jesus entrusted you to Mary your Spiritual Mother when he said “Behold, your mother.”

·       God entrusted us to the care of St Joseph to be our protector and provider just as he was for Jesus.

·       God has entrusted us to the care of an Angel

But we have free will

·       We can ignore, resist and block the action of God, Mary, Joseph and the Angels in our life

One way we can free our Guardian Angel to act fully in our lives is by making an act of consecration to him. This allows your Guardian Angel to fully intervene on your behalf since he now has your full consent.

On May 31, 2000, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith gave official approval to the following beautiful prayer of Consecration that the Christian faithful can make to their own Guardian Angel

“O Holy Angels of God, here, in the presence of the Triune God, and in the love of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer, I, (name) a poor sinner, want to make a covenant with you, who are his servants, so that in union with you, I might work with humility and fortitude for the glory of God and the coming of his Kingdom. Therefore, I implore you to assist me, especially in the adoration of God and of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar, in the contemplation of the Word and the salvific works of God – in the imitation of Christ and in love of his Cross in a spirit of expiation in the faithful fulfillment of my mission within the Church, serving humbly after the example of Mary, your Queen. And you, my good guardian angel, who continually behold the face of our Father in heaven, God entrusted me to you in the very beginning of my life. I thank you with all my heart for your loving care. I commit myself to you and promise you my love and fidelity. I beg you: protect me against my own weakness and against the attacks of the wicked spirits; enlighten my mind and my heart so that I may always know and accomplish the will of God, and lead me to union with God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”