{"id":864,"date":"2020-06-16T15:51:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T19:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=864"},"modified":"2020-06-16T16:01:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:01:29","slug":"we-need-our-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/we-need-our-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"We need our Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"596\" data-attachment-id=\"865\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/we-need-our-angels\/attachment\/a33\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/a33.jpg?fit=575%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"575,596\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the Net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1591539169&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a33\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/a33.jpg?fit=575%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/a33.jpg?resize=575%2C596&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/a33.jpg?w=575&amp;ssl=1 575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/a33.jpg?resize=289%2C300&amp;ssl=1 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heavenly Father, Your infinite love for us has chosen a blessed Angel in heaven and appointed him our guide during this earthly pilgrimage. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accept our thanks for so great a blessing. Grant that we may experience the assistance of our holy protector in all our necessities. And you, holy, loving angel and guide, watch over us with all the tenderness of your angelic heart. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keep us always on the way that leads to heaven, and cease not to pray for us until we have attained our final destiny, eternal salvation. Then we shall love you for all eternity. We shall praise and glorify you unceasingly for all the good you have done for us while here on earth. Especially be a faithful and watchful protector of our children. Take our place, and supply what may be wanting to us through human frailty, short-sightedness, or sinful neglect. Lighten, O you perfect servants of God, our heavy task. Guide our children, that they may become like unto Jesus, may imitate him faithfully, and persevere till they attain eternal life.<br> Amen<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavenly Father, Your infinite love for us has chosen a blessed Angel in heaven and appointed him our guide during this earthly pilgrimage. Accept our thanks for so great a blessing. Grant that we may experience the assistance of our holy protector in all our necessities. And you, holy, loving angel and guide, watch over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[76],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-practices","tag-angels"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-dW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1083,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/feast-of-the-holy-guardian-angels\/","url_meta":{"origin":864,"position":0},"title":"Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels","author":"monks4christ","date":"October 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"You should be aware that the word \u201cangel\u201d denotes a function rather than a nature. 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