Thou knowest how often thou didst deplore my sins, animate me to repentance, and intercede with God for my pardon. Thou knowest the numberless graces and favors which my Creator has bestowed on me through thee, and the many dangers, both spiritual and temporal from which thou hast preserved me. Accept, O most charitable guide, my fervent thanksgiving for all thou hast done for me particularly for the charity with which thou didst undertake to accompany me through life for the joy with which thou wert filled when I was purified in the waters of Baptism and for thy anxious solicitude in watching over the treasure of my innocence. O Angel of God, my blessed protector, to whose care I have been committed by my Creator from the moment of my birth, unite with me in thanking the Almighty for having given me a friend, and instructor, an advocate, and a guardian in thee. 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. Blessed be the hour in which you were assigned me for my guardian, my defender and my patron. 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. 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. Help me to face death bravely, patiently, with great love of God, knowing that it is only through death that I can come to Him in heaven! Then, come with me to my Judge, and when the hour of my salvation comes, take me home to my Father, God. You will be with me all my life, and at the hour of my death. Protect me as well from physical evils as I go about my daily work. O, help me to appreciate these gifts! Help me to realize, as you do, with every fiber of my being, that to serve Christ is to be a King! Help me steadfastly to avoid evil and do good and always guard my soul from sin. Even though you probably were there among the angels that adored Him the night that He was born, you have not been able to receive Him as I can. You envied me when Christ came to me in Holy Communion.
You saw the dangers that beset my path, and, if I sinned, it was in spite of you. You assisted in great joy at my baptism, when I became part of the Mystical Body of Christ, and was made a member of the household of God and an heir of heaven.
He who created you and me gave me to you as your particular charge. You are my own personal guardian, given me by God as my guide and protector, and you will stay with me till I die. Amen.ĭear Angel at my side, my good and loyal friend, you have been with me since the moment I was born. Guardian Angel from heaven so bright, Watching beside me to lead me aright, Fold thy wings round me, and guard me with love, Softly sing songs to me of heaven above. Angel of God, my Guardian dear, to whom His love commits me here, ever this day (or night) be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide.
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