Reflection/Homily for Monday 26th Week in Ordinary Time 2nd October 2023 Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels
Reflection/Homily for Monday 26th Week in Ordinary Time 2nd October 2023 Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels. Exodus 23:20-23. Psalm 91:1-2,3-4,5-6,10-11. Matthew 18:1-5,10. Three days ago, we celebrated the feast of the archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Today, we give thanks for the presence of the guardian angels in our lives. From infancy to death, we are surrounded by the watchful care and intercession of the angels who are always before God. All our readings and the Psalm today make reference to the fact that we are surrounded by angels regularly. The first reading tells us, "Behold, I send an angel before you, to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place which I have prepared" (Exo.23:20). Today's Psalm says, "For you has he commanded his angels to keep you in all your ways" (Psalm 91:11). Jesus warned his disciples his disciples in today's Gospel concerning children, "See that you do not despise one of the little ones; for I t...