Devotion to the Holy Guardian Angels in the environment in which I live every day

HOLY ANGELS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH I LIVE EVERY DAY

Holy angels of my family circle and of all my lineage branched out over the centuries! Holy Angels of my homeland and of the whole Holy Church! Holy Angels of all those who do me both good and evil! Holy Angels, to whom God has given orders to keep me in all my ways! (Psalm 90, II). Allow me to dwell in your powerful sphere of action, and to participate in the fruits of your great creative joy and willpower! You participate and cooperate in the action of the Triune God in the light of the wisdom and love of the Holy Spirit. Let the atheists' plans and their evil influences be shipwrecked!

Heal the diseased limbs of the mystical Body of Christ and sanctify the healthy ones!

Let the apostolate to Love reach its full development in unity, in faith! Amen

When it comes to the Angels, there is no lack of those who smile mischievously, as if to make it clear that it is a topic that has gone out of fashion or simply that it is a very nice story to make children sleep. There are even those who dare to confuse them with extraterrestrials, or deny their existence because "nobody" has seen them. However, the existence of angels is one of the truths of our Catholic faith.
The Church says: "The existence of spiritless, incorporeal beings, which Sacred Scripture usually calls angels, is a truth of faith" (Cat 328). Angels "are servants and messengers of God" (Cat 329). «As purely spiritual creatures, they have intelligence and will: they are personal and immortal creatures. They exceed all visible creatures in perfection "(Cat 330).
St. Gregory the Great, called "the doctor of the celestial militias", says that "the existence of angels is confirmed in almost all pages of Sacred Scripture". Undoubtedly Scripture is full of angelic interventions. The angels close the earthly Paradise (Gn 3, 24), protect Lot (Gn 19) save Hagar and his son in the desert (Gen 21, 17), hold the hand of Abraham, raised to kill his son Isaac (Gn 22, 11 ), bring help and comfort to Elijah (1 Kings 19, 5), Isaiah (Is 6, 6), Ezekiel (Ez 40, 2) and Daniel (Dn 7, 16).
In the New Testament angels manifest themselves in dreams to Joseph, announce the birth of Jesus to the shepherds, serve him in the desert and comfort him in Gethsemane. They announce his Resurrection and are present at his Ascension. Jesus himself speaks a lot about them in parables and teachings. An angel frees Peter from prison (Ac 12) and another angel helps the deacon Philip to convert the Ethiopian on the road to Gaza (Ac 8). In the book of Revelation there are many interventions of angels as executors of the orders of God, including punishments inflicted on men.
They are myriads of thousands and thousands (Dn 7, 10 and Ap 5, 11). They are serving spirits, sent to help men (Heb 1:14). Referring to the power of God, the apostle says: "It is he who makes his angels like winds, and his ministers like flame of fire" (Heb 1: 7).
In the liturgy, the Church celebrates in particular St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael on 29 September and all the guardian angels on 2 October. Some authors speak of Lezichiele, Uriele, Rafiele, Etofiele, Salatiele, Emmanuele ... but there is no certainty in this and their names are not so important. Only the first three are mentioned in the Bible: Michael (Rev 12, 7; Jn 9; Dn 10, 21), Gabriel announcing the Incarnation to Mary (Lk 1; Dn 8, 16 and 9, 21), and Raffaele, who accompanies Tobias on his journey in the book of the same name.
St. Michael is usually given the title of archangel, as is said in Gd 9, as he is the prince and the head of all the celestial armies. Christian piety has also attributed the title of archangels to Gabriele and Raffaele. The cult of San Michele is very ancient. Already in the IV century in Phrygia (Asia Minor) there was a sanctuary dedicated to him. In the fifth century another was erected in the south of Italy, on Mount Gargano. In 709 another large sanctuary was built on Mount St Michael in Normandy (France).
The angels "are morning stars and [...] children of God" (Job 38, 7). Commenting on this text, Friar Luis de León says: "He calls them morning stars because their intelligence is clearer than the stars and because they saw the light at the dawn of the world." St. Gregory Nazianzeno says that "if God is a sun, angels are his first and most shining rays". Saint Augustine says: "They look at us with ardent love and help us so that we too can reach the gates of heaven" (Com al Ps. 62, 6).