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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Holy Guardian Angels
DESCRIPTION:HE HAS GIVEN HIS ANGELS \nCHARGE OVER YOU \nFrom a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux1 \n◊◊◊ \nO Lord\, what is man that you have made yourself known to him\, or why \ndo you incline your heart to him? And you do incline your heart to him; you \nshow him your care and concern. Finally\, you send your only son and the grace \nof your spirit\, and promise him a vision of your countenance. And so\, that \nnothing in heaven should be wanting in your concern for us\, you send those \nblessed spirits to serve us\, assigning them as our guardians and teachers. \n“He has given his angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways.” \nThese words should fill you with respect\, inspire devotion and instill \nconfidence; respect for the presence of angels\, devotion because of their loving \nservice\, and confidence because of their protection. And so\, the angels are here; \nthey are at your side\, they are with you\, present on your behalf. They are here \nto protect you and to serve you. But even if it is God who has given them this \ncharge\, we must nevertheless be grateful to them for the great love with which \nthey obey and come to help us in our great need. \nSo let us be devoted and grateful to such great protectors; let us return \ntheir love and honor them as much as we can and should. Yet all our love and \nhonor must go to him\, for it is from him that they receive all that makes them \nworthy of our love and respect. \nWe should then\, my brothers\, show our affection for the angels\, for one \nday they will be our coheirs just as here below they are our guardians and \ntrustees appointed and set over us by the Father. We are God’s children \nalthough it does not seem so\, because we are still but small children under \nguardians and trustees\, and for the present little better than slaves. \nEven though we are children and have a long\, a very long and dangerous \nway to go\, with such protectors what have we to fear? They who keep us in all \nour ways cannot be overpowered or led astray\, much less lead us astray. They \nare loyal\, prudent\, powerful. Why then are we afraid? We have only to follow \nthem\, stay close to them\, and we shall dwell under the protection of God’s \nheaven.
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