O Holy Angel,
God by His goodness and His tender care, has charged you to be my Guardian.
Assist me in my needs,
comfort me in my afflictions,
support me when I am discouraged
and obtain for me the favour of:

(Mention your request…)
But may God’s will be done.

O Holy Angel,
I return my profound thanks and I earnestly beseech Thee,
O most amiable protector continue thy charitable care and defend me against the malignant attacks of my enemies. Keep me free from the occasions of sin. Obtain for me the grace to listen attentively to thy holy inspirations and help me to faithfully put them into practice. In particular, I implore thee to obtain for me the favour which I ask for in this novena.

(Mention your request)

O Holy Angel, protect me in all my temptations and trials, but more especially protect me at the hour of my death, and do not leave me until you have taken me into the presence of my Creator in the mansions of everlasting happiness. Amen.

… My Guardian Angel, Pray for Me

St Gertrude the great prayer to Guardian Angel.

O most holy angel of God, appointed by God to be my guardian, I give you thanks for all the benefits which you have ever bestowed on me in body and in soul. I praise and glorify you that you condescended to assist me with such patient fidelity, and to defend me against all the assaults of my enemies. Blessed be the hour in which you were assigned me for my guardian, my defender and my patron. In acknowledgement and return for all your loving ministries to me, I offer you the infinitely precious and noble heart of Jesus, and firmly purpose to obey you henceforward, and most faithfully to serve my God. Amen.

LITANY OF THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL

Holy Guardian Angel,
Angel, my counselor, inspire me;
Angel, my defender, protect me;
Angel, my faithful friend, intercede for me;
Angel, my consoler, fortify me;
Angel, my brother, defend me;
Angel, my teacher, instruct me;
Angel, witness of all my actions, purify me;
Angel, my helper, support me;
Angel, my intercessor, speak for me;
Angel, my guide, direct me;
Angel, my light, enlighten me;
Angel, whom God has assigned to lead me, govern me.

Lord, have mercy on me.
Christ, have mercy on me.
Lord, have mercy on me.

Christ, hear me. Christ, graciously hear me.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on me.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on me.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on me.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on me.

Holy Mary, pray for me.
Holy Mother of God, pray for me.
Queen of the angels, pray for me.
Archangel Michael, pray for me.
Archangel Gabriel, pray for me.
Archangel Raphael, pray for me.
All holy angels and archangels, pray for me.

Holy Guardian Angels, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who unceasingly behold the face of the Heavenly Father,
pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who never part from us, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who are devoted to us in Heavenly friendship, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, our faithful admonishers, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who preserve us from many evils of body and soul, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, our mighty defenders against the attacks of the evil enemy,
pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, our support in the time of temptations, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who help us when we stumble and fall, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who comfort us in troubles and sufferings, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who uphold our prayers and carry them before the throne of God,
pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who despite our faults never leave us, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who rejoice over our improvement and advancements in perfection,
pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who watch over us and pray for us even when we rest, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who do not abandon us in our agony of death, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who console the souls in purgatory, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, who lead the righteous into Heaven, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, with whom one day we hope to eternally praise and behold God,
pray for me.

Noble princes of Heaven, pray for me.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare me, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear me, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on me, O Lord.

Christ, hear me. Christ, graciously hear me.
Lord, have mercy on me.
Christ, have mercy on me.
Lord, have mercy on me.

Recite the Our Father here.

Bless the Lord, all his angels, you mighty ones who do his will.
He has sent his angels before us to guard us on all our ways.
My God, in the presence of the angels, I bless you.
I adore you and praise your holy name.
Lord, hear my prayer.
And let my cry come unto you.
Amen.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE:
Ask your Guardian Angel to preserve you, defend you and support you.

Pray to your Angel silently (pls don’t be distracted).

Holy Guardian Angels, who preserve us from many evils of body and soul, pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, our mighty defenders against the attacks of the evil enemy,
pray for me.
Holy Guardian Angels, our support in the time of temptations, pray for me.
Amen🙏🏼

Send Me Your Angel: Saint Padre Pio and Guardian Angels

St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Partnered with People’s Angels to Help Them.

Padre Pio often worked through people’s guardian angels. When someone asked for Padre Pio’s help, he would reply, “Send me your guardian angel” and then enlist that angel’s help to answer the person’s prayers. Philippe Lissac/Getty Images 

by Whitney Hopler

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) often worked through people’s guardian angels to help them. An Italian priest who became famous worldwide for his stigmata, mystical miracles, and emphasis on prayer, St. Padre Pio communicated with angels frequently. “Send me your guardian angel,” he would tell those who asked him for help solving problems in their lives. Here’s how Padre Pio sent messages through angels, and some of his quotes about them.

Guardian Angels Accompany People From Cradle to Grave

Guardian angels are constantly present with people throughout their entire lifetimes, Padre Pio declared. He wrote in a letter to someone who had asked for prayer, Raffaelina Cerase: “How close to us stands one of the celestial spirits, who from the cradle to the grave never leaves us for an instant. He guides us, he protects us like a friend, like a brother. This should be a source of constant consolation for us, especially during the saddest times of our lives.”

Padre Pio said that he was grateful for his own guardian angel’s presence in every situation, no matter how difficult the circumstances. During his childhood, he recalled, he had gotten to know his guardian angel through prayer and meditation and developed a close bond of his friendship with his angel. “My guardian angel has been my friend since my infancy,” he said.

Many people tend to neglect thinking about their guardian angel companions because the angels are usually invisible (so they don’t frighten or distract us). Padre Pio said that he was guilty of neglecting his angel, too, even though he paid far more attention to his angel than most people do. He wrote to Raffaelina that he regretted not thinking of his guardian angel watching him when he gave into temptations to sin: “How many times, alas, have I made this good angel weep! How many times have I lived without the least fear of offending the purity of his regard!

Oh he is so finely mannered, so discreet. My God, how many times did I respond to the ample, more than maternal care of this good angel without any sign of respect, affection or acknowledgment!”

Usually, however, Padre Pio said that his friendship with the angel whom God had assigned to watch over him was a source of great joy and encouragement. He often spoke about his guardian angel having a great sense of humor and said he looked forward to their conversations, which happened most often while Padre Pio was praying or meditating. “Oh delicious intimacy! Oh happy company!” Padre Pio wrote of how much he enjoyed his relationship with his guardian angel.

Guardian Angels Notice and Care What People Are Going Through

Since Padre Pio knew how much his own guardian angel paid attention to what he was going through in all kinds of circumstances, he realized that everyone’s guardian angels naturally care about what happens to them day by day.

He encouraged the people who asked him to pray for their suffering that their guardian angels saw their pain and prayed for them, asking God to bring good purposes out of the bad circumstances they have experienced. “Your tears were collected by angels and were placed in a gold chalice, and you will find them when you present yourself before God,” Padre Pio once said.

Padre Pio experienced the intense suffering of attacks from Satan (some of which involved Satan manifesting physically and fighting Padre Pio so hard that the priest had bruises afterward), he said. During those experiences, Padre Pio’s guardian angel comforted him, but didn’t prevent the attacks because God had allowed them for the purpose of strengthening his faith. “The devil wants to defeat me but he will be crushed,” Padre Pio once said. “My guardian angel assures me that God is with us.”

Guardian Angels Deliver Messages Well

Since guardian angels are expert messengers whom God has designed to communicate back and forth with him and human beings, they provide trustworthy and valuable help delivering messages in prayer. Padre Pio often enlisted guardian angels’ help to pass messages along that would promote the spiritual growth of the people who wrote to him or talked with him in the confessional booth at his church in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.

When an American woman wrote to Padre Pio for advice, he told her to send him her guardian angel to discuss the matter, and she wrote back expressing doubt that her guardian angel would actually come to visit him in Italy. Padre Pio told his mail assistant to reply: “Tell her that her angel is not like she is. Her angel is very obedient, and when she sends him, he comes!”

Padre Pio developed a reputation as a priest who told people the truth no matter what. He reportedly had the psychic gift of being able to read people’s minds, and often brought sins to their attention during confession that they hadn’t mentioned to him, so they could fully confess before God and receive forgiveness. But, in the process, many people said he made them feel uncomfortable with his knowledge of sins they had thought were secret.

Since angels communicate through telepathy (directly mind-to-mind), Padre Pio used his gift of telepathy to communicate with them about the people he met in his confessional booth. He would ask the angels questions about the people they cared for so he could understand them well and give them the best advice about how to solve the specific problems they faced. Padre Pio would also ask the angels to pray for the situations that concerned the people he was trying to help.

In the process, Padre Pio relied on his own guardian angel to coordinate all the messages. “Padre Pio’s spiritual guidance of souls was mostly done through the help and direction of his guardian angel,” writes Father Alessio Parente in his biography of Padre Pio, Send Me Your Guardian Angel: Padre Pio.

Padre Pio’s guardian angel even acted as an international translator, those who worked with him reported. Witnesses said he never used a human being to translate the letters he received from people around the world that were written in languages he didn’t know himself. He simply prayed for help from his angel, and then was able to understand any letter’s message and figure out how to reply to it intelligently.

Guardian Angels Want People to Contact Them

Above all, Padre Pio urged people to stay in close contact with their guardian angels through prayer. Guardian angels are eager to help people on a regular basis as God intends them to do, he said, but too often those angels are disappointed that the people they’re trying to serve don’t reach out to them for much help. By default, guardian angels don’t get involved in human lives unless they’re invited to (because of respect for free will) or unless God directs them to intervene to protect people in dangerous situations.

In  a letter, Father Jean Derobert, who became chaplain of the famous Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Paris, describes an encounter he had with Padre Pio in which Padre Pio urged him to pray more to his guardian angel: “‘Look carefully, he’s there and he’s very beautiful!’ [Padre Pio said]. I turned and of course saw nothing, but he, Padre Pio, had the look on his face of someone who sees something. He was not staring off into space. 

”… Your guardian angel is there and he’s protecting you!

Pray heartily to him, pray heartily to him!’ His eyes were luminous; they were reflecting the light of my angel.”

Guardian angels are hoping that people will contact them — and God hopes so, too. “Invoke your guardian angel that he will illuminate you and will guide you,” Padre Pio advised. “God has given him to you for this reason. Therefore use him!”

You’re never alone. When it’s so hard, difficult, lonely, gay, remember your Angel.

Angel of God

My guardian dear

To Whom His love

Commits me here

Ever this day

Be at my side

To light and guard

To rule and guide. Amen🙏🏼.

God bless you always

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