Don't drive faster than your angel can fly!
Kids and angels; we often make that association. Maybe it is because Jesus said, "Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven" (Matthew18:10).
Maybe it is because of what kids say about angels:
"I only know the name of one angel, he's called Herald." Hark! The Herald angel sings.
If it's less than 90 degrees it is a cute angel.
Angels live in cloud houses made by God and his son, who's a very good carpenter.
Angels talk all the way while they're flying you up to heaven. The basic message is where you went wrong before you got dead.
When an angel gets mad, he takes a deep breath and counts to ten. And when he lets out his breath, somewhere there's a tornado.
We have more serious sources to instruct us about angels:
Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels.Hebrews 13:2
We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; and God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.Saint Thomas Aquinas
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels; we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.Chekov
These things I warmly wish for you: Someone to love, some work to do, A bit o' sun, a bit o' cheer, And a guardian angel always near.Irish Blessing
In life's most serious moments we call on the angels. "May flights of angels lead you on your way to paradise and heavens eternal day! May martyrs greet you after death's dark night and bid you enter into Zion's light! May choirs of angels sing you to your rest with once poor Lazarus, now forever blest" (from Latin hymn In Paradisum traditionally sung at funeral Masses before the body is taken out of the church for burial).
On October 2 more than a billion Catholics celebrate the feast of the Guardian Angels. Catholic theology teaches that we have angels to watch over us throughout our lives.
As a child I learned this simple prayer:
Angel of God, my guardian dear
To whom God's love commits me here
Ever this day be at my side
To light to guide, to rule and guard, Amen.
It was fitting that I prayed this every night as I grew up. On my wedding night, I was deciding what night prayers to say before falling asleep with my bride, and this angel prayer was first on my list.
Blessed Pope John XXIII wrote: "Our Father in heaven has charged his angels to come to our assistance during our earthly journeyso that, protected by the angels' help and care, we may avoid the snares upon our path, subdue our passions, andfollow always the straight and sure road that leads to paradise."
True friends are like angels. They are precious and rare, and false friends are like leaves, found everywhere. Unknown
