Do you have a relationship with an Angel ?
As part of my morning prayers, I say a prayer to Saint Michael and Saint Raphel and once in a great while to my Guardian Angel. When God is praised and when someone does the right thing for someone else , I feel the presence of angels.
There are times when I don’t know how I am going to make it through the day. I petition Jesus to get me through it and at the end of the day, I marvel at how easy it was. If you have had a similar experience, let us know. There are no coincidences with God. He sent angels to help.
Every time we do God’s will there is probably an angel helping us.
The Devil who is also an angel only helps us to sin. Most of the time I sin on my own with no help from him.
Well last Saturday we had a Parish workday. The men of the Parish go to the house of needy Parish members and do yardwork, paint, electrical or other odd jobs for people in the Church. My team’s job was to do yardwork. It was a beautiful Fall day and the team did a wonderful job on this lady’s house. I worked for two and a half hours and had to leave. I couldn’t do anymore. The good news is that I survived and the team got the job done. What is nice about a team of motived Christian men is that as a team they have gifts of youth and skill and where one person lacks something the others take over.
I will do the workday again. I don’t always leave early. Sometimes we run out of gas and that’s why we need others and angels. The help we gave as a team is like the help we receive from angels. They take up our slack. Nonetheless, we need to ask. No one person goes through life alone.
We all need the help of angels.
Angels don’t need our help, but we are blessed when we help them. They are around us and we may never recognize them. In the Book of Hebrews 13:2 Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels.
I work part time in a Deli at a local grocery store. It is more therapy for me than money. The interaction with so many people invigorate me. I am paid to be nice and serve everyone equally. This certainly is reason to be generous to anyone but Bishop Sheen writes, “To be kind to the beautiful and not to the ugly, to the rich and not the poor, cannot be a love of neighbor, but love of self.”
We can never be certain when we meet an angel, but we know they are here to help and protect us. Angels of God ascending and descending.’ Angels of God praising God in Heaven are ascending and Angels of God descending to earth and serving us.
God Love You Always
Bob Burford
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