PRAYER PAUSE
Tuesday 2 October 2018, The
Guardian Angels
THEIR
ANGELS.
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading ”I tell you their angels in
heaven are constantlyin the presence of my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 18:1
,,,10)
Reflection. In the days bridging
September and October we have two feasts of angels: the archangels on the 29th
and the Guardian angels on the2nd. I
suspect I am not the only priest who finds it hard to say something helpful on
these occasions. A symbol of this occurs to me in that the angels on the wall
at either side of the altar in my primary school chapel have, I noticed on a recet
visit, flown away. The ancients of the Church spoke of them as messengers of
God but how do we make sense of that? Belief
in them is well attested in scripture and the Church has always honoured them. Perhaps we can simply say our ancestors
wanted to be concrete about the constant action of God in our lives, inspiriing
and forwarning us and that our guardian angel is the particular way in which Gd
loves and guides each oneof us in our particular journey.
Prayer. Lord, may we always be attentive
to your voice in our conscience. Amen.
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