02 OCTOBER SAINT GUARDIAN ANGELS
02 OCTOBER
SAINT GUARDIAN ANGELS
Prayers to the Guardian Angel
Very kind angel, my guardian, tutor and teacher, my guide and defense, my wise advisor and very faithful friend, I have been recommended to you, for the goodness of the Lord, from the day I was born until the last hour of my life. How much reverence I must, knowing that you are everywhere and always close to me! With how much gratitude I have to thank you for the love you have for me, what and how much confidence to know you my assistant and defender! Teach me, Holy Angel, correct me, protect me, guard me and guide me for the right and safe path to the Holy City of God. Do not allow me to do things that offend your holiness and your purity. Present my desires to the Lord, offer him my prayers, show him my miseries and implore me the remedy for them by his infinite goodness and by the maternal intercession of Mary Most Holy, your Queen. Watch when I sleep, support me when I am tired, support me when I am about to fall, stand me when I have fallen, show me the way when I am lost, heartened when I lose heart, illuminate me when I do not see, defend me when I am fighting and especially on the last day of my life, shield me from the devil. Thanks to your defense and your guide, finally obtain me to enter your glorious home, where for all eternity I can express my gratitude and glorify with you the Lord and the Virgin Mary, yours and my Queen. Amen.
O God, who in Your mysterious Providence, send Your angels from heaven to our custody and protection, make sure that in the journey of life we are always supported by their
help to reach eternal joy with them. For Christ our Lord.
Consecration to the Guardian Angel
Holy Guardian Angel,
from the beginning of my life
you were given to me as protector and companion.
Here, in the presence
of my Lord and my God,
of my heavenly Mother Maria
and all the angels and saints
I (name) poor sinner
I want to consecrate myself to you.
I promise to always be faithful
and obedient to God and the holy Mother Church.
I promise to always be devoted to Mary,
my Lady, Queen and Mother, and to take her
as a model of my life.
I promise to be devoted to you too,
my patron saint and to propagate according to my strength
the devotion to the holy angels that is granted to us
these days as a garrison and aid
in the spiritual struggle
for the conquest of the Kingdom of God.
Please, holy angel, to grant me
all the strength of divine love so that
be inflamed, and all the strength of faith
so that he never falls into error again.
Let your hand defend me from the enemy.
I ask you for the grace of Mary's humility
so that it escapes all dangers and,
led by you, reach for heaven
the entrance of the Father's House.
Amen.
Invocation to the Guardian Angels
Assist us, Guardian Angels, help in need, comfort in despair, light in darkness, protectors in danger, inspirers of good thoughts, intercessors with God, shields that repel the evil enemy, faithful companions, true friends, prudent advisors, mirrors of humility and purity.
Assist us, Angels of our families, Angels of our children, Angel of our parish, Angel of our city, Angel of our country, Angels of the Church, Angels of the universe.
Amen.
Prayer to the Guardian Angel
(of San Pio of Pietralcina)
O holy guardian angel, take care of my soul and my body.
Light up my mind to get to know the Lord better
and love it with all your heart.
Assist me in my prayers so that I do not give in to distractions
but pay the greatest attention to it.
Help me with your advice, to see the good
and do it generously.
Defend me from the pitfalls of the infernal enemy and support me in temptations
because he always wins.
Make up for my coldness in the worship of the Lord:
do not cease to wait in my custody
until he takes me to heaven,
where we will praise the Good God together for all eternity.
Prayers to the Guardian Angel
(of Saint Francis de Sales)
S. Angelo, You protect me from birth.
To you I entrust my heart: give it to my Savior Jesus,
since it belongs to him alone.
You are also my comforter in death!
Strengthen my faith and my hope,
light my heart of divine love!
Let my past life not afflict me,
that my present life does not disturb me,
may my future life not frighten me.
Strengthen my soul in the anguish of death;
teach me to be patient, keep me in peace!
Get me the grace to taste the Bread of Angels as my last food!
Let my last words be: Jesus, Mary and Joseph;
that my last breath is a love breath
and that your presence is my last comfort.
Amen.
Prayers to the Guardian Angels
Holy angel stay close to me,
give me your hand that i am little.
If you guide me with your smile,
we will go to heaven together
My little angel, sent by the good Jesus,
all night you keep watch.
My little angel, sent by the good Jesus,
all day protect me.
Angel my angel of the Lord,
you who count the beats of my heart
that you are suspended between earth and sky
you who read my thoughts
how many, how many times have you cried living next to me
how many times have you smiled giving me a little heaven
by how many dangers and anxieties
you kept me away holding my hand
light in my path
hold me close to you like a child
our days are long, an agony!
But you help me save this soul of mine
with patience and with love
bring me one day to our Lord
Amen.
Litanies to the Guardian Angels
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy
Christ pity, Christ pity
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy
Christ hear us, Christ hear us
Christ hear us, Christ hear us
Heavenly Father who is God, have mercy on us
Son Redeemer of the world that you are God, have mercy on us
Holy Spirit that you are God, have mercy on us
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us
Santa Maria, pray for us
Holy Mother of God, pray for us
Queen of Angels, pray for us
San Michele, pray for us
Saint Gabriel, pray for us
San Raffaele, pray for us
You all holy angels and archangels,
pray for us
You all holy guardian angels,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who never stray from our side,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who are in celestial friendship with us,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels, our faithful admonitions,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels, our wise advisers,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who defend us from so many evils of body and soul,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels, our powerful defenders against the attacks of the Evil One,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels, our refuge in the time of temptation,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels, who comfort us in misery and pain,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels, who carry and confirm our prayers before the throne of God,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who with your exhortations help us to progress in good,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who, despite our shortcomings, do not turn away from us,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels, who rejoice when we become better,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who help us when we stumble and fall,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who watch and pray while we rest,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who do not abandon us in the hour of agony,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who comfort our souls in Purgatory,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels who led the righteous to Heaven,
pray for us
You holy guardian angels, with whom we will see the face of God and exalt him forever,
pray for us
You glorious Princes of Heaven,
pray for us
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, forgive us, O Lord
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, hear us, O Lord
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us
LET'S PRAY
Almighty and eternal God, who in your immense goodness,
you have placed a special angel close to each man from the womb
in defense of body and soul,
grant me, to faithfully follow and love my holy guardian angel.
Do that, with Your grace and under his protection,
come one day to the Celestial Fatherland and there,
together with him and with all the holy angels,
you deserve to contemplate your divine face.
For Christ our Lord. Amen.