![]() ![]() Many people associate Guardian Angels with “getting out of a close one” or barely avoiding a wreck. I’ve always liked that fact, and known that my angel watches over me. In Orthodoxy, by prayer, an angel is specifically assigned to your life as part of the rite of Baptism. ![]() But it turned my attention to this simple prayer, and to the remembrance of my guardian angel. I mean have you learned it yet?” I admitted I had not (she memorizes things much more easily than I do – that’s my first excuse). My wife recently asked me, “Do you know the prayer to the Guardian Angel?” I admitted that I was familiar with the prayer but she said, “No. Pray to the Lord for me, that He may establish me in His fear and make me, His servant, worthy of His goodness. Keep me from every adverse temptation, that I may not anger God by any sin. If I have sinned in this past night, protect me during this day. O holy Angel of God, the guardian and protector of my wretched soul and body: forgive all the sorrows I have caused you, every day of my life. Strengthen my weak and feeble hand, and instruct me in the path of salvation. Leave no room for the evil demon to gain control of me through the violence of this mortal body. O Holy Angel, who stand by my wretched soul and my passionate life: do not abandon me, a sinner, neither depart from me because of my lack of self-control. For an update and additional comments on this article see angels. ![]()
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