{"id":156544,"date":"2015-10-02T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=156544"},"modified":"2016-09-29T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:39:07","slug":"build-a-relationship-with-your-guardian-angel-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/build-a-relationship-with-your-guardian-angel-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a Relationship with Your Guardian Angel [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Angels are one of my favorite topics, and I have been giving various presentations<\/a> on angelology for the last 5 years. People are often surprised by how much they didn’t know about their angel. I have taken a short segment of some of those presentations and put it in audio format to share in honor of our Holy Guardian Angels.<\/p>\n

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I also created an infographic explaining the 9 Choirs of Angels<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n

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Audio Notes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Angelology – the Study of Angels<\/span><\/p>\n

4 Questions about Angels and Heaven<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  1. Definition – What is it?<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Contents – What is it made of?<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Source – Where did it come from?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Purpose – What is it good for?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How do we know?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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    1. Jesus Told Us <\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Sacred Scripture – 196 References in the Bible (103 in the OT and 93 in the NT)<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. The Saints – Pseudo-Dionysius, St Thomas Aquinas (Angelic Doctor), St Bonaventure (Seraphic Doctor), St Gregory the Great,<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Human Experiences across cultures and time<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Not all pf this is explicitly spelled out as Church teaching, but fairly agreed upon by theologians.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      What are angels?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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      • Angels were never human, they are higher<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Free and intelligent creatures<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Angels have an intellect and a will<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Angels are entrusted with guarding the human race – protection and vigilance<\/span><\/li>\n
      • They can only prompt, not control people<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        What are angels made of?<\/b><\/h3>\n

        Outside of Time & Space<\/span><\/h3>\n
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        • Angels don’t have bodies<\/span><\/li>\n
        • They don’t have a gender<\/span><\/li>\n
        • They are their own species<\/span><\/li>\n
        • They don’t learn like we do<\/span><\/li>\n
        • They speak through will, not language<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Angels are incapable of suffering or knowing death like us<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          3 Instances of Angels<\/b><\/h3>\n
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          1. Instantaneous act of knowing their task<\/span><\/li>\n
          2. Angels make their choice<\/span><\/li>\n
          3. He sees the beatific vision or is damned<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Choirs of Angels<\/b><\/h3>\n
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            1. Seraphim<\/span><\/li>\n
            2. Cherubim<\/span><\/li>\n
            3. Thrones<\/span><\/li>\n
            4. Dominions<\/span><\/li>\n
            5. Virtues<\/span><\/li>\n
            6. Powers<\/span><\/li>\n
            7. Principalities<\/span><\/li>\n
            8. Archangels<\/span><\/li>\n
            9. Angels<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              What are Angels good for?<\/b><\/h3>\n

              Angels function for Illumination and Protection<\/span><\/p>\n

              Devotion to the Holy Angels<\/span><\/p>\n

              They communicate mainly through images or memories instead of direct knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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              • Angels bring humility and virtue<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Reveal your faults and weaknesses<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Help you remember important things<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Help forget\/suppress memories<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Inspire you<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                Four-Fold Service of Angels<\/b><\/h3>\n
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                1. Adoration<\/span><\/li>\n
                2. Contemplation<\/span><\/li>\n
                3. Expiation<\/span><\/li>\n
                4. Mission<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  12 Quick Facts about your Angel<\/b><\/h3>\n
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                  1. Angels are real –\u00a0even if you don’t like it.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  2. Angels are present and know you better than anyone.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  3. Angels are not cute, chubby, little babies with wings.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  4. Angels are powerful and capable of performing miracles.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  5. They are more brilliant than any human mind in history.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  6. They can literally move the heavens and the earth.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                  7. Demons are real – so are exorcisms. Angels protect you.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  8. You really do have your own guardian angel.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  9. You can communicate with your angel always.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  10. Angels usually come disguised, and interact with us in our lives.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  11. We are at war, and the angels are on our side. We know which side wins.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  12. We are the weaker beings that are protected by the angels<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    Heavenly Joys<\/b><\/h3>\n
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                    • We get to spend eternity with our angels in heaven<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • We will have transformed bodies after death<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • Our same bodies will be resurrected at the end of time<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • We will see everything the saints and angels did in our lives<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      Sources: St Gregory the Great, St Thomas Aquinas, Peter Kreeft, Pseudo-Dionysius, Sacred Scripture, Jewish Tradition and Kabbalah<\/p>\n