FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD
2 OCTOBER 2024
HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS
26TH Wednesday of Ordinary Time
WORD of the DAY
The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”
He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.
“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: 1-5/10)
How shall I live this Word? 
“Our Angel is not a mythological surrogate of God, but a spirit that, being entirely at His service, and involved by Him in the adventure of salvation of humans, entrusted to them by His goodness and providence.
Messengers of good inspirations, according to the Fathers, have special functions in regard to us.
They protect us from internal and external disturbances. And from this point of view, St. John Chrysostom calls them Angels of peace.
They reproach and punish us when we stray from the good road. For this, Herma calls them Angels of Penance.
They assist us and help us in our most important task, which is to pray. And so, Tertullian says: Angels of prayer.
For the need to breathe inwardly the atmosphere of salvation that Christ himself puts in our hearts. For our desire to live in Him, with Him, and for Him under the gaze of the Father.”
(THE ANGELS, exegetical and spiritual notes, Maria Pia Giudici, Cap. V The Angels in our personal life)
“The purest reflection of the beauty and holiness of God, the Angels. They are a different but similar reflection of Him, also us, when we will have definitively recovered that ‘image and similarity’ of those who, out of love, created us innocent and undamaged in Eden. And who, out of love, gave His Son to death so that we might be brought back to life from the death of sin.”
(THE ANGELS, exegetical and spiritual notes, Maria Pia Giudici, Cap. VI The Angels our companions of eternity)
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