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Your Guardian Angel does 12 DIFFERENT THINGS for you (but there are conditions)
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Overview
The podcast argues that guardian angels are real and actively involved in people’s spiritual lives. It critiques an attitude that treats angels as nonexistent as spiritually harmful, claiming it causes believers to miss guidance, correction, and protection.
The discussion includes theological questions about when guardianship begins, then presents St. Bonaventure’s “12 works” of guardian angels, interpreted for everyday life. Throughout, the hosts use Bible examples and personal anecdotes to show angels guide, correct, and protect believers.
Key Points and Main Arguments
Neglect is not harmless
The hosts claim that ignoring guardian angels can cause people to miss the guidance, correction, and protection that could prevent spiritual harm.
When guardianship begins is debated
They cite St. Thomas Aquinas, who holds that a guardian angel’s mission is assigned around birth, while also noting other writers suggest it may begin at conception. They emphasize that the prenatal period still matters spiritually, because parental dispositions and conflicts can influence the child.
Angels correct and rebuke faults
One of the “works” described is restraining wrongdoing, including stirring conscience or even “rebuking” visibly. Examples include:
- Conscience awakened when sin is recognized as wrong
- Nations being corrected when they compromise with evil (e.g., cases discussed in Judges)
- A story of a young woman who claims she received a sudden “slap” in her bedroom with no one present, interpreting it as an angelic rebuke that led to conversion and later entry into a religious congregation
They dispose people toward repentance (not only awareness)
The podcast argues angels help someone not merely recognize sin, but also break free from it, comparing this to chains falling off (associated with Peter in jail).
They remove obstacles to holiness
The speakers describe divine “detachments” (including painful ones) as possibly angelic prevention of spiritual harm. A longer example is given of a doctor who became an atheist after his sister’s severe illness and death—claimed to have later contributed to conversion and possible spiritual benefit.
They “link” trials to God and protect the faith journey
Using Tobit/Tobias and Sarah, the podcast presents angelic protection during long journeys and spiritual warfare against demonic harm to marriages. It also frames healing through angelic instruments using imagery such as fish gall/scales.
They teach truths and help discern God’s will
The podcast highlights humility as essential for receiving angelic guidance. It contrasts true inspiration with confusion and emphasizes that God may work through “secondary means.”
A story is also included about a girl praying about marriage versus religious life, where a “child Jesus” voice/impulse (as described in the narrative) suggests choosing one path.
They reveal mysteries—especially to the humble
Scriptural moments (including Mary and other examples) are presented as revelation coming through angelic mediation. The podcast argues that humility opens one to these revelations, while pride and attachment can cause a person to miss them (e.g., the example of Lot’s wife).
They console in suffering and prevent despair
Angels are said to help endure illness and trials, not always removing them immediately. A Lourdes miracle story is used:
A severely ill young woman—described as near death and unable to speak or eat—reportedly recovered during the Blessed Sacrament procession after doctors said her prognosis was gone; a later medical assessment is claimed to have found the illness had disappeared.
They strengthen perseverance on long missions and trials
The Elijah story is used to illustrate angelic provision (food/sustenance enabling strength for a long journey), tied to a Eucharistic “bread of life” theme. Angels are described as sustaining believers through exhaustion and despair.
They guide safely and help in decisions and dangers
The podcast cites Exodus and wilderness guidance (cloud/fire). It also speculates that the Star of Bethlehem may represent angelic guidance rather than only a natural phenomenon.
They cast down enemies (spiritually, and sometimes physically)
A scriptural example from Isaiah 37 highlights angelic intervention described as killing an enormous Assyrian army—framed as “invisible victories.”
They moderate temptations
The podcast stresses that temptation is permitted in ways that strengthen rather than destroy. God sets limits (“not beyond strength”), and guardian angels help people resist and endure.
They intercede and “take prayers to God”
Using Jacob’s ladder imagery, the hosts teach that angels carry prayers and petitions before God. The episode concludes by urging believers to treat guardian angels like “best friends” and to fight for God’s glory together with the angels.
Overall Framing
The speakers present angel devotion as practical: recognize conscience “stirrings,” seek help to repent, pray before major decisions, avoid despair in suffering, and cooperate with angelic efforts to defend God’s honor.
They also repeatedly claim that angels do not invade like the devil; rather, they act gently, unless someone asks for their help.
Presenters / Contributors
- Father David Richie
- Brother Vincent
- Brother Pina
Referenced Figures (examples mentioned)
St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure, St. Paul, St. Peter, Herod, St. John the Baptist, St. Ignatius, St. Francis Xavier, St. Joseph, Mary / “Queen of Angels,” Archangel Gabriel, Tobit/Tobias, Elijah, and other religious figures/scholars referenced within examples.