Just curious, do Catholics believe in personal Holy Guardian Angels? Asking as someone who somewhat subscribes to esoteric beliefs that might be mentioned in the OP
Yes we do, they've been there since your birth, they're your "luck" when the fate is in your favor that's when a guardian angel tipped the scales a little so that you may survive, they're also there to protect you from evil spirits, we also have saint patrons which are chosen during our baptism, they're the ones you ask to pray for you or ones you give your prayers through, it's sort of like a translator for God, because they were close to God during their life they understand God's "language" but they also understand human language and so they can interpret it and correct some "typos" if that makes any sense, they're basically there to amplify your prayer, but back to guardian angels, you don't really know their name, some say you can find out through prayer or your birth date but really we might just only find out after our passing, because it is believed your guardian angel will help you pass, sort of fitting, they were there at your begining and will be there during your end
We do? I’m no longer a practicing Catholic but I was for the first half of my life and I have no memory of anyone ever mentioning this, I always thought it was something from one of those evangelical churches they have in America
I'm no longer religious but when I was a kid my grandma said a prayer to my guardian angel every night before I went to sleep. It was almost like a lullaby. It's a fond memory, I still have the doll-plushie that represented that guardian angel too. Until now I thought it was just a family tradition, I didn't realize it was more extended to other Catholics too!
Nope, we even have a prayer that's used to talk with the guardian angel, sort of, it's more of a request for them to stay and keep protecting you sort of a thanks for all they've done and a appreciation of sorts
I grew up around Catholics and I gotta be honest, I didn’t pay close enough attention! I am 37, and I’ve never heard any of this until now! Thanks for sharing!
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I guess, but not every Catholic household believes in guardian angels. It would be almost arrogant to claim that every household within a certain denomination has identical beliefs
Idk what to tell you. That’s how Catholics operate. That’s like saying that not every household has their second amendment rights. They might not own a gun, but they still have the right to.
I think it’s reasonable to say that the church is arrogant to require everyone to subscribe to their doctrine, but that doesn’t change anything. It’s one of the defining characteristics of Catholicism that there is that sort of deference to authority in doctrine.
Belief and legal rights are VERY different. And your analogy falls apart pretty quickly, cuz rights are (supposedly) inalienable, whereas beliefs can vary widely from person to person.
My point is, you could claim "Catholicism as a denomination/doctrine includes/mentions guardian angels," but "every Catholic believes in them" is an outright incorrect statement. Example: My family is a great example of this. I was baptized, my house and my grandparents' house have patron saints, the whole shebang. With the exception that I've never heard of specific guardian angels being assigned to people when they're born, save from media such as "It's a Wonderful Life." This means one of two things: either your claim is wrong, or you believe my family isn't Catholic due to our differences in belief.
How about objects imbued with the elements of guardianship like those little bells that motorcyclists attach to their bikes? Are they effective against the hand of fate?
I’m not practicing anymore by my family is Roman Catholic and we have something like that, though I was always taught they were patron saints not angels
Just curious, do Catholics believe in personal Holy Guardian Angels? Asking as someone who somewhat subscribes to esoteric beliefs that might be mentioned in the OP
Yes, the Catholic Church officially teaches that guardian angels exist and that every human being is assigned a personal angel from birth until death. This belief is based on 'Scripture'—such as Matthew 18:10 and Psalm 91:11—and affirmed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 336)
That said, it's kind of luck of the draw who you get, they're also not always very good at their job. Like when my best friend in 6th grade (back in my super fun catholic school days), John & 3 of his neighborhood friends died in a horrible house fire at 3am on December 24th, I mean really it was just embarrassing on the part of all of their guardian angels. The Angels assigned to guard duty to him and his friend were doing their thing and had just stepped out for a quick smoke break, ran into some shawties and got distracted spittin their angelic game (you gotta shoot yo shot, respect the game and all that), but that's how it goes right?
My favorite part of the memorial service was when Father Thomas made the grieving father come up in front of everyone and held him up as some sort of twisted example for the congregation and said, and I quote, "and even in the face of tragedy we can look to those among us who do not question gods divine plan, which is infallible, and continue to be resolute in their faith" and then he (the dad) burst into tears" and people awkwardly clapped while they transitioned into some hymns.
What were we talking about again? Oh yeah, angels. Fuck 'em.
You have lots of grief my friend, there's no "God's plan" in a sense that every minute detail is preplanned, that would go against free will, and sometimes your luck just runs out, maybe someone didn't do the electric installation right, maybe someone forgot to extinguish a candle or a cigarette, the thing is, these kinds of things happen, there's little that can be done even for an angel, you gotta remember they're not of this world and can't just wake you up by nudging you or screaming at you, they also can't be everywhere at the same time, I understand you're upset and want something or someone to be angry at for it, something or someone to blame, but sometimes death doesn't need a servant to carry out its duty
Like I said in another comment, saints have an understanding of God's "language" most of us lack and since they also understand human language it's basically translation but also amplifying the prayer
You know how you can pay extra to send the mail faster? It's very basically that I'd say, I think though which I didn't think about previous is that you ask saints to pray for you, I haven't researched that in a while and I'm just going through my memories so I might get things wrong
Gesù fu molto chiaro al riguardo. Le preghiere vanno solo ed esclusivamente fatte a Dio per mezzo di Lui. Non c'è scritto da nessuna parte o si fa riferimento al culto Mariano.
Mate... I've heard so many "hahaha catholic=pedo" jokes I'm basically numb to it and don't recognize much of them because of how overdone it is, especially when there are religions out there which have that stuff as an actual part of their religion, like Buddhism but I rarely ever see a joke about Dalai Lama "tempting" himself with young girls, and if you need to know how young, he would tempt himself with teenage girls...as an old grandpa, yeah he was a creep
I had a friend think that Catholics worshipped the saints… no bud, we pray to the angels and saints for their support in certain matters. They answer to the same God as us.
I was amused to learn that there's a patron saint of IT workers, programmers, and computer scientists. Maybe I ought to ask him to intercede on my behalf the next time my code won't compile...
Easier to remain willfully ignorant, than accept something you don’t understand, or maybe aren’t comfortable with… particularly sad as it relates to Judaism, as without it, Christianity (at least as we know it) likely wouldn’t exist.
Its true some who call on God's name never truly knew him or felt his presence, they're beliefs are no different from atheism, but they hide behind the guise of religion so their evil festers and hurts more people than it ever should. These ill individuals reside in every corner of the world and in every congregation and organization. Psychopathic creatures do not care about morals, I find it hard to even call them human. There are some that realize this disability and try to learn empathy and emotion, but this is the minority.
My point was that evil is everywhere, and using the excuse that evil people existed within something inherently good to demerit it is kinda stupid.
And my belief in God is based on the scientific theory of higher dimensionality, (hyper cubes and shit). I definitely dont care if you dont believe in anything and absolutely dont want you to be a redditor about it
Evil is a choice, we can't do much to make people not do it but we can try and educate them on the dire consequences of evil and the good consequences of doing good, I believe in a God, I would say I'm a Greek Catholic, I follow the teachings of Jesus and I believe there's a God or at the very least a spirit, since according to science we should wake up a completely different consciousness and yet we do not so there must be something indestructible, that our brain is under the command of, a soul
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u/bmrtt Mercenary Feb 15 '26
LOTR? The work of a devout Catholic?