Opus Sanctorum Angelorum

Mary, before I tell my story about a guardian angel, I have...

We're members of the Opus Angelorum, and this is, like, hundreds of angel stories that I keep.

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And I love doing that because we just celebrated the feast days of the guardian angel, and Mi- or the, uh, the angels, uh, Michael, and all the other ones we, we've, we promote.

on their hands they will bear you up lest you dash your foot against the stone the reality of angels and of god is so much deeper than we realize today is a feast day of the guardian angels and so we will look at what does the devotion to our guardian angel look like what is their role how can we call upon them but let's start with what we actually know about the angels what do you know Father Eusebius Schwald is joining me today.

He's from the Order of the Holy Cross, which promotes and administers to the spirituality of the Association of Opus Angelorum.

So Opus Angelorum is this incredible movement within the church focused on the work of the holy angels.

You're going to learn things you had no idea about the powerhouse that God has given you.

In the angels, we talk a lot about the saints, but there are some big differences.

And in fact, I want to come back discussing our guardian angels, their role, how we can call upon them, but also how they don't just intercede for us, making prayers like the saints to our Lord, but how they can actually intervene and in our life and what that looks like.

My guest today is Father Eusebius.

He is one of the priests that ministers to the Association of Opus Angelorum, promoting the work of the holy angels.

So, and I want to conclude by suggesting something.

Now, there's a wonderful religious group called the Order that called the Opus Angelorum Sanctorum, the work of the holy angels.

And they have a much more formalized, more extensive form of devotion to the angels and also even consecration to one's guardian angel.

And that's certainly something one can look into.

It's a good thing to have a devotion to your guardian angel, especially.

And if you want a resource, I would recommend Opus Angelorum.

So it's spelled, it's Latin.

It means work of the angels.

And it's actually Opus Sanctorum Angelorum, which means work of the holy angels.

But the website is Opus Angelorum, O-P-U-S-A-N-G-E-L-O-R-U-M. Opus Angelorum, work of the angels.

And it's a Catholic confraternity that fosters devotion to the holy angels.

And it's got prayers and articles and all sorts of good stuff.

Well, can I give you an update on that? The Vatican back in the late 90s, late 90s, said, no, you should not be naming your angel.

And this was from the Opus Angelorum who had that question, because we used to name our angels also.

But let me just mention what St. Augustine has to say, and then I'll let you feed on that.

Paragraph 329 in the Catechism, who are they? St.

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Father.

I know the Opus Angelorum from Rome.

Father Wagner, this is way before Father Wagner was Father Wagner, he was a seminarian, he had just joined them.