6/22/2023 0 Comments Guardian angel prayerRebecca O’Loughlin is a Byzantine Catholic mother with 5 children (newborn to tween). "My guardian, to whom the goodness of the Heavenly Father entrusts me, enlighten, protect and guide me, now and forever. Thank you, my dear guardian angel, for your incredible love for me, and for being my faithful protector even when I have paid no attention to you. That's what they're here for: “Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?” (Hebrews 1:14) Let’s remember to not only to ask constantly for their help, but also to thank them for their faithful service. Your guardian angel is especially suited to help you, and has watched you develop from the moment of your conception. Each guardian angel’s specific job is to watch over and help the person he has been assigned. Since praying this prayer to our angels, the anxieties have ceased and my chronic sleep paralysis and insomnia have been manageable.įew of us allow our guardian angels to work in our lives as we could. I haven't thanked Bernadette yet, but at the time when she started insisting that I pray this prayer I had been suffering from terrible night anxieties due to pregnancy hormones, sleep paralysis and insomnia. "Dear Lord, by the intercession of the guardian angels of this household, please keep every member of this family free from bad dreams, thoughts or anxieties." My third child, Bernadette, has recently been asking me to say a different guardian angel prayer. But unless we continually invite them to work in our lives, their ability to help us is limited. They want us to be perfect, they want us to go to heaven. Of course, all of us have angels who love us dearly. But I also understood that this special love existed in part because Annie was faithful in her communication with her angel. "This child's guardian angel loves her very much." She told me with slow and deliberate words. She gently placed her hand on Annie's head and looked me in the eye. After a beautiful, simple service, an older lady approached me. Providentially, we came upon a Catholic church just as Mass was beginning. I had neglected to teach her much about her angel since I was "too busy." Yet here she was instructing what I hadn't taught, ably giving me a sweet and theologically-sound description of her guardian angel.įaithfully listen to your guardian angel.Ī few months later we found ourselves traveling abroad. ![]() My little girl was teaching me about our Faith. My guardian angel watches over me when I am afraid, and he folds his wings over me and stays with me all the time. ![]() I saw it on a bookmark and I memorized it," replied my then 7 year old. "Annie, where did you learn that prayer?" "Sure, Annie," I replied.Īnnie's voice floated out in the dark, and the room was filled with her sweet little voice:įold thy wings round me, and guard me with love,Īnd softly sing songs to me from heav'n above." "She has her own prayer?" I thought to myself. "Do you want to hear MY guardian angel prayer?" Annie asked. Her asking for the prayer out of the blue was a surprise. ![]() In fact, although I was sure I had spoken to Annie about her guardian angel at one point, I didn't actually remember doing so. It seems like a child's ditty, so I hadn't said it in a long time. "Angel of God, my Guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here,Įver this night be at my side to light, to guard, to rule and guide." One night, as I was saying goodnight to my daughter Anne, she asked me to say the guardian angel prayer. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for in heaven their angels behold the face of My Father.” (Matthew 18:10)
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