From Opus Sanctorum Angelorum:
“On the day my wife and I made our Consecration to the Guardian Angel, at which ceremony a Father Wolfgang was to preside, I had to buy two candles on short notice, since they had been forgotten. Since I was not a local, I drove around looking for a store that sells candles.
“Finally, I found a store that sells Halloween decorations. I thought ‘they will have candles.’ So, I went in and found a package of two red candles. ‘Perfect!’ I thought.
“When I began to walk for the cash register, I perceived an overwhelming impulse in my mind, ‘Not these candles.’ So, I stopped and looked at the package, wondering, ‘What is wrong with these candles?’ I saw no reason not to buy them and continued to the cash register. Once again but much more forcefully I had the overwhelming urge ‘NOT THESE CANDLES!’
“I stopped again and this time I read all of the instructions on the package.
“It turned out that these were special Halloween candles. When the flame from the candle would melt the wax, at a certain point the wax would appear to spit ‘blood!’
“Can you imagine what it would be like, if, during our Consecration to the Guardian Angel, the candles suddenly began to spit ‘blood’ all over? I put the Halloween candles back onto the shelf and left the Halloween store. Quickly thereafter I found a grocery store that sold very fitting candles. Thank you, my good Guardian Angel, for saving me from myself, saving my wife and myself from such an embarrassing situation from which I might have never recovered. Instead, luckily, I have a very ‘funny’ story to share!”
~Tom
“In the early 1990’s my husband and I and our seven children moved into a rental home quite far from where we had lived before.
“One day four of the children and myself were returning from an outing in our family station wagon. We were traveling over the two large hills back home.
“As we were streaming down the second hill I stopped at the bottom to make the necessary left turn towards home.
“Very quickly my Guardian Angel said ‘Look in your rearview mirror.’ I immediately looked in the mirror and saw a truck barreling down the hill.
“My Guardian Angel then said. ‘He’s not going to stop.’
“For one quick second I thought, what do I do? Then I heard My Guardian Angel say ‘get over.’ so I wheeled the big station wagon quickly off to the side of road still not realizing the full impact of what was really happening.
“Then like a flash the truck flew right past us and the driver looked back through the window with a look of fear probably realizing that he had almost killed us. As I sat there for a moment to catch my breath, thanksgiving started flooding from my heart for the wonderful Guardian Angel God had given to me!
“It had all happened so fast. In just a matter of seconds I was given the three warnings and the truck came flying past us. But because of the warning of my Guardian Angel my children and I were safe and sound including my young son, who is now a priest, who was sitting in the back seat with no clue as to what had just occurred.
“Many years ago when our children were young we had decided to take a summer vacation in Michigan. When we all arrived at the spacious hotel, Dad and all the boys were in one room and mom and all the girls were in another room. Very quickly My Holy Guardian Angel brought me to the big window that faced the back of the hotel. As I looked out there was only a parking lot and empty land. I then heard my Guardian Angel say ‘bless all you see before you,’ and I said ‘I am not a priest I have no power to bless’ and he repeated again ‘bless all you see before you.’
“Again I said, I have no power in my hands to do this.’ And then with a stern voice he repeated again ‘bless all you see before you,’ so this time, without hesitation, I made the Sign of the Cross over the parking lot and the open land.
“Around two or three a.m. I was awake but very groggy and I was taken to the window to see what looked like I man getting fishing equipment from what I had presumed was his truck. Being so tired I turned around and went back to bed.
“The next morning my children said police are in the parking lot. Many vehicles had been robbed last night. So I decided to call down to the front desk to tell them what I had witnessed during the night. The police took the information and within a few hours, they were able to track the man to a place he had deep in the woods that was not visible from the parking lot. Everyone’s things were recovered and our vehicle was left completely untouched. Thanks be to God and my Holy Guardian Angel.”
~Judy B
An Angel is Passing by
I was having a conversation with my dad. It was about obtaining material wealth and working hard towards that goal. I tried to explain to him from stories in the Bible that the love of “gold” is not good. I gave the example of the time when the Israelites lost their focus on God and created their own god, Baal. This angered God. I also gave my dad the example of our Lord, Who was poor Himself.
Despite my best efforts of trying to convince my dad that material wealth is not the highest good to obtain, he kept insisting that maybe “God desires it”. I was saddened by this. Our conversation was going nowhere, and I started to feel more and more uncomfortable. So, I began to pray in my heart to my guardian angel that he may stop this fruitless conversation. In an instant there was SILENCE! After a few minutes of silence the conversation changed almost very naturally into other more helpful subjects. I knew in my heart that my Guardian Angel had achieved this change.
In the Philippines, there is a saying that when there is sudden silence in the middle of a conversation, and no one has more to say, that “an angel is passing by”. I know now from experience that that statement is true. I was in so much awe of what I experienced that I could hardly sleep. I became keenly aware of the “spiritual world” and that there is truly a battle going on between good and evil. I am so thankful for the gift of faith and for my Guardian Angel. I pray to God every day that my angel will converse with my dad’s guardian angel to keep him close to God and protect him from evil.
~A.C.
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