Every person has an exclusive guardian angel sent by God for guidance and companionship on their journey to Heaven, protecting and advocating for them throughout their entire life even if they are not believers.
Purely spiritual, angels are created by God as a powerful, intelligent, and unique persons who freely worship God and serve Him as messengers. Among the lower hierarchy of angels, guardian angels have the unique role of defenders and guides.
As heralds, guardian angels share the message of the Gospel and lead people to Jesus, helping man achieve salvation by awakening a desire to be with God in Heaven.
While guardian angels do defend individuals and large groups of people from natural danger, they especially defend against supernatural danger by providing wisdom, strength, and courage to fight temptation.
In the presence of God and at the side of man at the same time, guardian angels intercede for man by praying with him and offering prayers on his behalf.
The existence of guardian angels, and devotion to them, can be found in both the Old and New Testaments, along with Sacred Tradition of the Church. Jesus Himself said that every person has their own angel assigned to them.
At the service of God alone, guardian angels are not owned and are not under the authority of the person who they protect. Rather, Catholics should develop a loving relationship with the angel that God has entrusted them to.
The Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Guardian Angels on October 2 every year.
Guardian Angels work in natural and supernatural ways:
Spiritual beings that are sent by God:
Guardian angels provide assistance:
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in Heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father.
Matthew 18: 10
God uses guardian angels to fulfill his plan:
Man has no authority over his guardian angel:
From infancy to death human life is surrounded by their 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 in God.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 336
Angels with an important mission:
Angels assigned to get men to Heaven:
Guiding the steps of pilgrims through the narrow gate:
Today’s feast of the Guardian Angels invites us to think of these heavenly protectors whom God, in his loving providence, set beside each person. Dear young people, let the Angels guide you, so that you will faithfully put God’s commandments into practice in your life. Dear sick people, helped by your Guardian Angels, join your sufferings with those of Christ for the spiritual renewal of all society. Lastly, dear newly-weds, have frequent recourse to your Guardian Angels to make your family a place of mutual understanding and growing unity in Christ.
Pope John Paul II, General Audience, 2 October 2002
Living in relationship with guardian angels:
Guardian angels in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition:
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