A Hymn for a Child’s Angel
October 2, 2018
EVERY child should know he has a divine protector.
Angel, O Angel,
Close by me stay.
Tenderly guard me for I am thy child.
And every adult has one too. Of course, you can’t acknowledge that truth in the world, the fake world where to have a supernatural friend and protector is a laughable superstition, but you can acknowledge it here, in the real world where illusions are despised.
My most zealous protector and dear angel guardian, I pray thee, by the charge which God hath given thee to guard me in all my ways, as a mother carries in her arms her beloved child, avert from me all occasions of sin, and preserve me from all perils which could make me offend God, and for that, repress the temptations of the infernal enemy and my own passions, so that having conquered the enemies of my salvation, I may walk with ease, by the grace of God, in the way of His commandments, till I die.
—- [Novena to Our Guardian Angel]
Dr. Thomas Droleskey reflects on this, the Feast of Our Holy Guardian Angels.
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and to guard, to rule and to guide. Amen.
