Angels in the Bible

Do Angels have a role in the Bible?

To describe the facts about the Bible, is to include a discussion of angels.  Angels perform the role of messengers to us from God. While, it is true, that the Book of Genesis describes the fallen angel, Satan, the Garden of Eden is closed by a Cherub with a flaming sword.  It is the Archangel Gabriel who announces the conception of Jesus to Our Blessed Mother, now the Queen of Angels. An Angel tells Joseph that he should not be afraid to take Mary as his wife, and when he should flee Herod.  And it is angels that minister to Jesus in the Garden of Eden, while myriads of Angels minister to God as recorded in the Book of Revelations, as they do in every Mass.

What about our Guardian Angel?

    It is in Church tradition, although not in dogma, that  each of us has a guardian angel that is tasked with ensuring, that after this life, we arrive safely in Heaven.  The Book of Tobit details the acts of the Archangel Raphael who guards Tobiah.

  The feast day of guardian angels is October 2.

   This angel is available to us, as we pray to him to help and protect us.  We should not miss the opportunity to task our angel on a daily basis, to pray in our behalf to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, to learn the angel's name,  and to protect those whom we are concerned about.

 Unlike the other gifts that we have been given to us, which can be used for or against God's will, guardian angels can only be used in conformity with God's will.

  While we can not have the Beatific vision in this life, and its sure guidance,  our guardian angel does have that vision, and knows God's will for you.

 An example of a task that we can assign to our Guardian Angel, is to ask him to protect us from distractions during prayer, and from  accidents while driving, to depend on God's resources, rather than our own, or to  summon saints appropriate for a certain situation.