On October 2 of each year, we celebrate the feast of the guardian angels. God created the guardian as spiritual beings, different from human beings. The guardian angels are assigned to guard and guide God’s human disciples as their special divine mission. The Catechism teaches that human life is surrounded by the watchful care of the guardian angels from the beginning of our lives until our death. Already here on earth, the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united in God. (CCC 336).
The role of the guardian angels is mentioned in psalm 91: “For he will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.”
Just as we do not worship Mary, we do not worship guardian angels. We only worship God alone. In praying with our guardian angel, it is appropriate to ask for his intercession, and as we would ask a saint or a friend to pray for us.
We hear from the book of Job today God’s response to the conversation between Job and his three friends. God answers Job out of a whirlwind. God doe not giving Job a direct explanation for his suffering, but he presents Job with a series of unanswerable about the creation and the governance of the cosmos. By asking Job if he has commanded the morning, walked the depths of the abyss, or understood the bounds of light and darkness, God highlights the vast gap between creator and the creatures he has created. In response in awe of the majesty of God, Job confesses that he is of little account, that he will speak no more. There is always going to be a part of God that will be a mystery for us. We are approach God in awe and humility and to recognize God’s power over us.
As we reflect on the guardian angels on their feast day today, we may reflect upon the way we can be guardian angels to others. Whenever Jesus encountered someone experiencing physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual pain, he offered them help and comfort. Often it was a miraculous cure or healing. Other times is was a recognition of their dignity and self-worth. We can witness difference types of violence or anger or hardship in our world today. We can be guardian angels for each other, especially for those in need of love, protection, or healing.
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