O pure and happy spirits whom the Almighty selected
to become the Angels and Guardians of men. I most humbly prostrate myself
before thee to thank thee for the charity and zeal with which thou dost execute
this commission. Alas, how many pass a long life without ever thanking their
invisible friends, to whom they owe a thousand times their preservation!
O charitable Guardians of those souls for whom
Christ died, O flaming spirits, who cannot avoid loving those whom Jesus
eternally loved, permit me to address thee on behalf of all those committed to
thy care, to implore for each of them a grateful sense of thine many favors and
also the grace to profit by thine charitable assistance.
O Angels of those happy infants who are as yet
"without spot before God," I earnestly beseech thee to preserve their
innocence.
O Angels of youth, conduct them, exposed to so many
dangers, safely to the bosom of God, as Tobias was conducted back to his
father.
O Angels of those who employ themselves in the
instruction of youth, animate them with thy zeal and love, teach them to
emulate thy purity and continual view of God, that they may worthily and
successfully co-operate with the invisible Guardians of their young charges.
O Angels of the clergy, of those "who have the
eternal Gospel to preach to them that sit upon the earth," present their
words, their actions and their intentions to God, and purify them in that fire
of love that consumes thee. O Angels of the missionaries who have left their
native land and all who were dear to them in order to preach the Gospel in
foreign fields, protect them from the dangers which threaten them, console in
their hours of discouragement and solitude, and lead them to those souls who
are in danger of dying without Baptism.
O Angels of the infidels and pagans, whom the True
Faith has never enlightened, intercede for them, that they may open their
hearts to the rays of grace, respond to the message delivered by God's
missioners and acknowledge and adore the one true God.
O Angels of all who travel by air, land or water,
be their guides and companions, protect them from all dangers of collision,
fire, and explosion and lead them safely to their destination.
O Guardian Angels of sinners, charitable guides of
those unhappy mortals whose perseverance in sin would embitter even thine
unutterable joys, wert thou not established in the peace of God! Oh join me, I
ardently beseech thee, in imploring their conversion!
And thou, O Guardian Angels of the sick, I entreat
thee especially to help, console and implore the spirits of joy for all those
who are deprived of health, which is among God's most precious gifts to man.
Intercede for them, that they may not succumb to despondency or lose by
impatience the merits they can gain in carrying with resignation and joy the
cross which Christ has laid upon them as a special token of His love.
O Angels of those are at this moment in the agonies
of death, strengthen, encourage and defend them against the attacks of their
infernal enemy.
O faithful Guides, holy spirits, adorers of the
Divinity, Guardian Angels of all creatures, protect us all; teach us to love,
to pray, to wage combat on earth, so that one day we may reach Heaven and there
be happy for all eternity!
Amen.
O Angels of those who are lingering in Purgatory, intercede for them
that God may permit thee to bring them some balm; console them that they may
know that we are praying for them and that we ask thee to join in our
entreaties.
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