The Catholic Calendar for Thursday, October 2, 2003
Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
The Guardian Angels
Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
Nehemiah 8:1-4,5-6,7-12
Psalm 19:8-11
Matthew 18:1-5,10
A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:
Today, the memorial of the Guardian Angels, is a time for meditation on God's loving care for each one of his children. Most of us neglect the presence of that special angel assigned to us as children. In today's Gospel, Jesus admonishes us to cherish children because their angels always see the face of the Heavenly Father. Only Jesus Himself always beheld the face of His Father, except for that dread moment on Calvary when He felt abandoned and alone. But we, too, indirectly, through our representative, are present to the Heavenly Father. It is our Guardian Angel that constantly pleads for us in our helplessness and need before the throne of God. It is our Guardian Angel who, especially at the hour of our death, will gently free our soul from our body, and present us to the Father.
Reason enough to pray daily to our Guardian Angel, to show our love and affection, our trust and our gratitude, for his loving care. Pray to him now in that beautiful prayer:
Angel of God, my Guardian dear,
to whom His love commits me here,
ever this day be at my side,
to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen
- Msgr. Paul Whitmore (smartins at twcny dot rr dot com)
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