Are guardian angels only for Catholics, and only for kids?

Are guardian angels only for Catholics, and only for kids? October 4, 2015

No, and no.

They are not just for Catholics because Jesus himself teaches the reality of guardian angels.  In Matthew 18 he warns his disciples, Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven (v. 10)

Hmm.  The angels are with the kids here on earth, and yet they are also in heaven.  How can that be?  No problem, if heaven is not “up there” but in another dimension all around us.

But what about us adults?  Do we have guardian angels?

Luke suggests that we do, in Acts of the Apostles.  Do you remember Peter’s escape from the prison in Acts 12?  An angel of the Lord appeared in his cell (v 7), tapped Peter on the side to wake him up, chains fell off his wrists, and the angel led him past the guards and outside the prison to the gate of the city, where the angel suddenly disappeared.

Peter went to Mary’s (not the mother of Jesus but the mother of John Mark) house, where the church had gathered to pray.  The maid answered his knock at the door, was shocked to see him, went back to the people inside to report that Peter was at the door, and they dismissed what she said.  They said to one another and to the maid, “It’s his angel.”

Luke does not dismiss their supposition on the grounds that Peter could not have his own angel.  Instead he makes it clear that the angel had already left, and it was Peter, unaccompanied by his . . . guardian angel.


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