Angels

 

    Our Lady Queen of Angels

 

 The angel Gabriel appeared to Zachariah the father of John the Baptist, and predicted to him the future birth of the Forerunner

 

Gabriel announced to Mary the future birth of the Messiah.

 

 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds in the night, and declared to them that the Saviour of the world was born at Bethlehem.

 

St. Joseph was warned by an angel to retire into Egypt, with the mother and the infant Jesus, for fear that Jesus should fall into the hands of Herod, and be involved in the massacre of the Innocents.

 

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Flight Into Egypt       Facing Our Fears

 

An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. Get up he said, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt (Matthew 2:13)

  

When Mary was first told she was to bear a child, she chose to visit her mother’s cousin, Elizabeth, who was also expecting a child.

 

When we are faced with a fear or anxiety it is natural to want to share the news with another, to ease the burden. Sometimes we have no-one to turn to, or we may not want to burden family with our fears.

 When Mary fled into Egypt with Joseph and her son, she could not turn to her mother or Elizabeth, but she was filled with Fortitude, a gift of the Holy Spirit.

Only the strength of the Holy Spirit can help us persevere in times of difficulty.

 

 We can confide in Mary, our mother, with our fears and anxieties knowing she will understand. She has promised to pray with us to her Son. We ask Mary to look deep into our hearts and see what it is we fear most, and to take it to her Son.

When we are afraid we turn to Jesus and hear Him say Do not be afraid and feel our spirit refill in a flood of love and peace.

 

A simple prayer from the heart is better than a long litany of empty words.

 

No matter how alone we may feel, we always have our Guardian Angel in whom we can confide our thoughts and sorrows.

Our invisible companion is always there to listen and console, praying for us constantly in the presence of God.

 

 

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St "Padre" Pio

 

Send  me your Guardian Angel you will receive my help.

 

Know that this good Angel prays for you, offers to God all the good works you accomplish your holy and pure desires.

 

Invoke often your Guardian Angel.

 

O angel of God My Heavenly guardian

To whose holy care I am committed by God 

Enlighten, Protect, Direct and Govern me

This day/night and forever more. Amen

 

Remember that God is within us when we are in a state of grace

 and outside of us when we are in a state of sin; but His angel never abandons us.

 

He is our most sincere and faithful friend even when we sadden him with our bad behaviour.