How God Grabbed Me By The Collar.

Guardian Angel And How God Grabbed Me By The Collar.

Praise be to God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And to the Immaculate Heart of Mary who as our mother, has care for us.

My Guardian Angel: sweet, powerful and a spiritual child of God; take my hand and place it into the hand of Our Lord Jesus Christ.


OVER A YEAR AGO. RECALLING


Over a year ago, I had started praying in earnest to my Guardian Angel. And to the Archangels Michael and Raphael. Being raised Catholic and having faith, I always believed in them. I knew it made sense that there should be Angels. I just never really bothered to pray to them.

During this past year, I could recall the many times in my life when my Angel was there. Though at the time I did not think about it. Or those rough times that I was given the grace through the prayers of my Guardian Angel to endure them. To quote Professor Peter Kreeft prolific Catholic author and philosopher, “…When we die, we shall meet our Guardian Angel and many others. We will be astonished and humbled by the role they had played in our lives. ‘Oh, it was you!’ It is good to anticipate this and give them the credit, for it is true.”

As the past year began to progress, I found things like movies, and television shows just didn’t seem that important. Sure, recreational activities are needed, just these things did not have the impact as they use to. And not that crucial anymore. I too found the programs especially television struck me as being very crude and witless.

Certain Vices; especially of the flesh that I thought I could never overcome all have vanished. Though it does not still mean I won’t have other struggles dealing with the passions. Its life long.

I have found through my prayers to the Angels and my Guardian Angel that I now have concern for my soul. I think, where does my love lay? Is it with God? Or is divided toward the wayward appetites of the world. To my horror, I found I had been cluttered up inside by the secular nonsense. Slowly I have been doing inner-house cleaning as it were. I too find myself more concerned for others also. I am now volunteering in a homeless shelter.


The Day God Grabbed me By The Collar with His Love and The Love of My Guardian Angel.


Now all this sounds so pious doesn’t it. No, in fact I know it was God’s love. God wants my salvation, your salvation more than we do. He wants us in real bliss with him more than we do. You see without asking, God through the mercy and love of his son, my Lord Jesus Christ grabbed me as I stood on the edge of the abyss and he turned me to the Angels. I always have loved giants. So when I read a phrase describing Angels as huge that fascinated me. I bought a card with a prayer to the Guardian Angel. And one day a year ago last March, I felt inspired to find sites on Angels. I came across Professor Peter Kreeft’s website. He is a teacher of philosophy at Boston College in Massachusetts. I listened to his talk on Angels. I bought his book: Angels and Demons. (Not to be confused with the recent movie) I began to start to open up to the Angels. Open up in ways I never could in prayer. Slowly things began to change in me.

My Guardian Angel’s Loving Humor.

One day when walking in a park across from where I live, I was praying to my Guardian Angel. I told him since he knew my love of giants, In a way your like a giant holding me in your hands. The minute, that very minute I stopped praying, a truck goes by. On it was a picture of a pair of giant cupped hands. It was for a moving company. My Angel does stuff like that. Sometimes when I pray, not all the time, my Guardian Angel will light up my soul with his heavenly and Angelic love. I guess in a way it’s a feeling of bliss, happiness and wholeness.


Praying To Angels


For non-Catholics, I would like to explain that praying to the Angels in no way replaces adoration or worship to God and his son Our Savior Jesus. In fact, the Angels have been bringing me to God! Bringing me to Christ! The Angels have been helping me give proper praise and shedding the things that hinder my journey to God the Father. The Angels, our powerful, spiritual brothers also have opened my heart back to our Blessed Mother Mary. Blessed Mary is also Queen of the Angels.

To my fellow Catholics I feel it necessary to add, Angels are real. It is Catholic dogma. Just like demons are real and Heaven and Hell. We are on a battlefield. I only mentioned this because sadly some people have pushed aside Angels as just stuff for children’s books. Not so. Angels have always played an important part in human history. Remember, anytime they appear in scripture they always have to say, “Fear not.”


Appreciating Things


Since praying to the Angels I am appreciating the real beauty of life. Such as people. Appreciating the struggles they go through. Nature. When I see the limbs and leaves of trees swaying in the wind, it seems more like a dance to me. A dance of adoration to God. Light, darkness, clouds and everything speak of the grandeur of God.

Not too long ago I picked up a candy bar. I found out it wasn’t what I really wanted. I had taken a few bites out of it. Couldn’t give it to another person. It was food and throwing it away would be wasteful. So my Guardian Angel inspired me with the thought, take it to the park. Break it into pieces and throw it about. And that’s what I did. So at least the tiny insects and animals in the small forest could partake of it. My Angel has made me more conscious of the sanctity and beauty of life in all of its manifestations.


Guardian Angels Want Their Charges to Shine Eternally In Heaven


To those who truly want to deepen their love of God and Jesus; to really expand in giving their lives over, I can't stress enough--- true honest prayer to your Guardian Angel, Your Angel will help you to this affect. Their love of you is more burning than you can imagine. You'll find as I did, things that once so attracted you is; to Quote St. Paul, "Dung." It is in comparison to the glory found in God. And your Angel will, with honest prayer help you see!!

At my life’s end, please my loving, sweet friend and tutor, place my head against the breast of the eternal father. And together may we proclaim his praise.

Guardian Angel, I love you so much..

Link to my Angel site
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/angels_great/