According to Christian tradition, every one of us has a guardian angel. The one who accompanies us from the moment we are born until the moment of our last breath. During the span of life they stay beside us at every moment of our life.
In the Old Testament, we can read that God is surrounded by a genuine court of heavenly figures that worship Him and perform actions in His name.
The Guardian Angel is related to anyone one who lives within God’s grace. The Fathers of the Church, like Tertullian, Saint Augustin, Saint Ambrose, Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Jerome, mentioned that a guardian angel existed for each individual for their assistance. The Council of Trent during 1545- 1563, also stated that every human being had their own angel.
Perhaps no aspect of Catholic piety is as comforting to parents as the belief that an angel protects their little ones from dangers real and imagined. Guardian angels are not only for children, their role is representing each one to represent before God.
Devotion to the angels began to develop with the birth of the monastic tradition. Saint Benedict gave it impetus and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the great 12th-century reformer, was such an eloquent spokesman for the guardian angels that angelic devotion assumed its current form in his day.
A feast in honor of the guardian angels was first observed in the 16th century. In 1615, Pope Paul V added it to the Roman calendar.
Devotion to the angels is, at base, an expression of faith in God’s enduring love and providential care extended to each person day in and day out.