THE FEAST OF HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS
PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS Act of Love beforeMass
O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit Readings Lectures Reflection Guardian Angels
First Reading Baruch Baruch
4:5-12,27-29
Take courage, my children, call on God
Take courage, my people, constant reminder of
Israel. You were sold to the nations, but not for extermination. You provoked
God; and so were delivered to your enemies, since you had angered your creator by
offering sacrifices to demons, not to God. You had forgotten the eternal God
who reared you. You had also grieved Jerusalem who nursed you, for when she saw
the anger fall on you from God, she said:
Listen, you neighbours of Zion: God has sent me great sorrow. I have seen my
sons and daughters taken into captivity, to which they have been sentenced by
the Eternal. I had reared them joyfully; in tears, in sorrow, I watched them go
away. Do not, any of you, exult over me, a widow, deserted by so many; I suffer
loneliness because of the sins of my own children, who turned away from the Law
of God.
Take courage, my children, call on God: he who
brought disaster on you will remember you. As by your will you first strayed away from God,
so now turn back and search for him ten times as hard; for as he brought down
those disasters on you, so will he rescue you and give you eternal joy.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Give thanks to the Lord, all his hosts,
his servants who do his will.
Alleluia! Ps. 102:21
Gospel Matthew 18:1-5,10
Anyone who welcomes a little child in my name
welcomes me
The disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is
the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ So he called a little child to him and
set the child in front of them. Then he said, ‘I tell you solemnly, unless you
change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of
heaven. And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the
greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this in
my name welcomes me. See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I
tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my
Father in heaven.’
Heavenly Father, my God thank you for my Guardian Angel my protector and my guide. Father help me realise your love for me, help me appreciate your goodness over me. May my life be pleasing to you. Give me a child like heart. A humble and simple heart. Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for loving me.
Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Christ, my mother, Queen of angels pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. My guardian angel pray for me, protect and guide me. Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Prayer to Guardian Angel
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