Guardian Angels!

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

[quote name='Totus Tuus' date='Aug 25 2005, 10:32 AM']+ God chooses the angel that has the personality that best suits YOU! Also, there are nine choirs of angels, and guardian angels are not one of them- God chooses from any one of the nine choirs (archangels, seraphim, cherubim, dominions, virtues, etc.). Isn't that awesome??
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Now that is TOTALLY awesome!!!!!!

[Totus Tuus]

I know it just goes to show how true it is that God loves us and knows us better than we know ourselves.
Oh and another thing, our angels do not leave us when we commit a mortal sin (which is amazing, since basically everything good does).

[blueufo7]

[quote]+ Do not try to find out the name of your guardian angel. A demon could give you a name. [/quote]

whoops! well, in my CCD class when I was little, the priests encouraged us to get to know our angels; one way was by asking our angel its name. So don't think I was "inspired" but I asked a name when I was little and saw lots of little things all in order, and figured her name was Rosa! I guess I was lucky; so far I don't think this has been anything demonic.

here's another thing... everytime I fall asleep praying my rosary, I wake up and find the rosary under the middle of my back. every single time! and I'm a mover and a kicker in my sleep. I think Rosa finishes off the rosary I fell asleep praying, and then puts it behind me so that I can find it the next morning. :-)

[Extra ecclesiam nulla salus]

angel of God my Guardian dear
to whom his love commits me hear
ever this night be at my side
to light and guard
to rule and Guide.

Amen.

[Christie_M]

[quote name='blueufo7' date='Aug 26 2005, 08:11 PM']
here's another thing... everytime I fall asleep praying my rosary, I wake up and find the rosary under the middle of my back.  every single time!  and I'm a mover and a kicker in my sleep.  I think Rosa finishes off the rosary I fell asleep praying, and then puts it behind me so that I can find it the next morning. :-)
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you too?? only I don't move alot at night.

[blueufo7]

[quote name='Christie_M' date='Aug 26 2005, 11:16 PM']you too?? only I don't move alot at night.
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WOAH. that happens to you?! guardian angels ROCK!

I was talking to one of my protestant friends the other night about guardian angels... he's a devout Christian, but he doesn't believe in them! thank goodness his angel still takes care of him!

[Christie_M]

I think that all my friends believed in them..but I'm not sure any more.

[StColette]

[quote name='blueufo7' date='Aug 26 2005, 09:31 PM']WOAH. that happens to you?!  guardian angels ROCK!

I was talking to one of my protestant friends the other night about guardian angels... he's a devout Christian, but he doesn't believe in them!    thank goodness his angel still takes care of him!
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Psalm 90:11: "For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways."

Matthew 18:10: "See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven."

[StColette]

1. In times of confusion they direct us. Acts 10:1-11:18
Cornelius, a gentile, saw an angel who told him to send for Peter. Through what happened after this event, the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on these gentiles, the Jews with Peter understood that Jesus was for gentiles also.

2. In times of crisis, angels strengthen us.
When Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Bible says, "Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him". (Luke 22:43)

3. In times of despair, angels encourage us.
When Abraham gave in to his wife Sarah and agreed to father a child by Hagar, he started a family feud that has never been resolved. After Ishmael was born to Hagar, Sarah became so jealous of Hagar that in anger she sent them both away. When God came to Hagar through His angel, she was alone and full of despair. Hagar knew from the angel's message that her son would be blessed. In fact, the very name of her son, "Ishmael," meant "God hears." Hagar was so encouraged by the visit from God's angel, she call the Lord, "You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees" (Genesis 16:13.

4. In times of danger, angels protect us.
"The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them" (Psalm 34:7). Frank Laubach, missionary in the Philippine Islands in 1929 walked up to a hilltop on Mindanao to pray. He was unaware a band of Moro head-hunters was following him. They told him later, that they would have killed him, but he was never alone. They said a big man walked beside Laubach, and the Moros were strangely afraid of him. That day of prayer was when Lauback made the commitment that resulted in his missionary and literacy work with impoverished people--"each one, teach one"--that is still going on today.

[blueufo7]

[quote name='StColette' date='Aug 26 2005, 11:39 PM']Psalm 90:11: "For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways."

Matthew 18:10: "See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven."
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For real! Actually he told me that my bringing up angels in conversation was the first time he ever thought much about them. We went through the verses from Hebrews Chap 1 and Matthew together... and he kind of scratched his head and was like, "even if we have them, so what?" i know i dont pay my angel enough attention... but still, she's a very powerful ally to have around!!! but he's such a faithful Christian, his angel is praying for him... i have confidence that he'll come around soon enough

If I make it to heaven, I really want to know and see all the times my angel kept me from harm or helped me overcome a temptation, or kept me from doing something really stupid... or just took care of me!

[blueufo7]

[quote name='StColette' date='Aug 26 2005, 11:46 PM']1.  In times of confusion they direct us. Acts 10:1-11:18 
2.  In times of crisis, angels strengthen us. 
3.  In times of despair, angels encourage us. 
4.  In times of danger, angels protect us. 
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yeah those are all awesome! I think my friend believes in angels... just has a hard time seeing scripturally that we each specifically have guardian angels. I think a lot of what we believe in guardian angels comes from our tradition... and also, some assumptions from our Jewish forefathers about angels ("sons of God")... but there is not much in scripture about their specific guardianship. Wasn't it St. Basil, St. Gregory, St. Thomas Aquinas that did most of the clarifying for us about guardian angels?

i'm kind of glad my angel does the little things for me, like waking me up in the morning, and smoothing over family disputes... but I think I would totally faint or go be institutionalized if my angel ever appeared in front of me... yikes!

[StColette]

St. Thomas Aquinas did a lot of work about Guardian Angels in the Summa Theologica.

And you're correct our belief in Guardian Angels is both Scriptural and part of Tradition. The Early Church Fathers speak a lot about the guardian angels.

[Paladin D]

I tried it last night, and I actually woke up at the exact time I wanted too, with no alarm clock.

Though I didn't have the strength to stay up.

[annabelle87]

I'll try it tonight. I need to get up real early tomorrow..hope he/she comes through lol

Another thing I have heard of but haven't tried, asking the souls in purgatory to wake you up. I don't know how and if that works, but a friend of my mom's said she's done it and one time she actually heard a knock on her door which woke her up...and no one was there. hmm..

[blueufo7]

[quote name='Paladin D' date='Aug 27 2005, 12:02 AM']I tried it last night, and I actually woke up at the exact time I wanted too, with no alarm clock.

Though I didn't have the strength to stay up.
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Haha yeah, same here. I asked Rosa to get me up at 7:30 AM... then I woke up at 7:30 and was like, "uh Rosa... how about uh...10:00 AM"... so she woke me up at 10... and I still slept more than I should have! I have to be careful that my angel doesn't become a snooze button!!

[blueufo7]

[quote name='annabelle87' date='Aug 27 2005, 12:10 AM']Another thing I have heard of but haven't tried, asking the souls in purgatory to wake you up.
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That's scary!!! Have any phatmassers tried that one?!? I think that would really scare the bejeebers out of me!

[stargirl3:16]

I've got a good story: I was at Steubenville for a conference, and I had just gotten up, still felt tired, and went back to sleep. Right after that, it felt like someone yanked on my toe, and noone was around. Needless to say, that got me up.

when I looked at my alarm clock, it was the same time that I had wanted to get up. The girl next to me had shut off the alarm before I had gotten up. hehe, good to know someone's got my back...

[annabelle87]

how cool is this..I tried the angel thing last night, I asked him/her to wake me sometime around 6 (I was really takin a chance..I didn't set my alarm lol) and I woke up with no trouble at 6:05, wide awake.

[blueufo7]

[quote name='annabelle87' date='Aug 27 2005, 02:18 PM']how cool is this..I tried the angel thing last night, I asked him/her to wake me sometime around 6 (I was really takin a chance..I didn't set my alarm lol) and I woke up with no trouble at 6:05, wide awake. 
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wow! your guardian angel did a good job! I wonder why 6:05 and not 6:00. I wonder if he was kicking you at 6 AM and if it took him like 5 minutes to kick you awake. Or maybe he's like totally in sync with the atomic clock and your clock is off...

[annabelle87]

it's a distinct possibility.