No, and no.<\/p>\n
They are not just for Catholics because Jesus himself teaches the reality of guardian angels. \u00a0In Matthew 18 he warns his disciples,\u00a0Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, in heaven their angels\u00a0continually see the face of my Father in heaven\u00a0<\/em>(v. 10)<\/p>\n Hmm. \u00a0The angels are with the kids here on earth, and yet they are also in heaven. \u00a0How can that be? \u00a0No problem, if heaven is not \u201cup there\u201d but in another dimension all around us.<\/p>\n But what about us adults? \u00a0Do we have guardian angels?<\/p>\n Luke suggests that we do, in Acts of the Apostles. \u00a0Do you remember Peter\u2019s escape from the prison in Acts 12? \u00a0An angel of the Lord\u00a0<\/em>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.<\/p>\n Peter went to Mary\u2019s (not the mother of Jesus but the mother of John Mark) house, where the church had gathered to pray. \u00a0The 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. \u00a0They said to one another and to the maid, \u201cIt\u2019s his angel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Luke does not dismiss their supposition on the grounds that Peter could not have his own angel. \u00a0Instead he makes it clear that the angel had already left, and it was Peter, unaccompanied by his . . . guardian angel.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No, and no.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2043,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n