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He has given his angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways.
Let them thank the Lord for his mercy; his wonderful works are for the
children of men. Let them give thanks and say among the nations, the
Lord has done great things for them. O Lord, what is man that you have
made yourself known to him, or why do you incline your heart to him? And
you do incline your heart to him; you show him your care and your
concern. Finally, you send your only Son and the grace of your Spirit,
and promise him a vision of your countenance. And so, that nothing in
heaven should be wanting in your concern for us, you send those blessed
spirits to serve us, assigning them as our guardians and our teachers.
He has given his angels charge over you to guard you in all your ways.
These words should fill you with respect, inspire devotion and instill
confidence; respect for the presence of angels, devotion because of
their loving service, and confidence because of their protection. And so
the angels are here; they are at your side, they are with you, present
on your behalf. They are here to protect you and to serve you. But even
if it is God who has given them this charge, we must nonetheless be
grateful to them for the great love with which they obey and come to
help us in our great need.
So let us be devoted and grateful to such great
protectors; let us return their love and honour them as much as we can
and should. Yet all our love and honor must go to him, for it is from
him that they receive all that makes them worthy of our love and
respect.
We should then, my brothers, show our affection for
the angels, for one day they will be our co-heirs just as here below
they are our guardians and trustees appointed and set over us by the
Father. We are God’s children although it does not seem so, because we
are still but small children under guardians and trustees, and for the
present little better than slaves.
Even though we are children and have a long, a very
long and dangerous way to go, with such protectors what have we to fear?
They who keep us in all our ways cannot be overpowered or led astray,
much less lead us astray. They are loyal, prudent, powerful. Why then
are we afraid? We have only to follow them, stay close to them, and we
shall dwell under the protection of God’s heaven.
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