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Do Angels Really Exist?
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A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:
"In the presence of the angels, I will sing your praise" (Psalm 138:1-2ab).
Do angels really exist?
Some of us need to see where it says so in the Bible, while others simply believe. Either way, when we ask God to show us His truth, He leads us to it, but then we must commit ourselves to what He reveals.
Through His Church, Christ reveals that Sacred Scripture is as clear as Tradition: the existence of angels is a truth of faith. (Catechism, Para. 328) Holy Mother Church honors the spiritual beings who both help her and protect us whenever we call to them.
Today's Psalm of a Grateful Heart reminds us to thank God daily for His powerful messengers and protectors, because He sends them to us out of His steadfast love and kindness. God's angels are real, but we can only accept them by submitting freely to His Word, because its truth is guaranteed by Him, who is Truth.
"Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life." (Catechism, Para. 336; St. Basil, Adv. Eunomium III, 1: PG 29, 656B)
Ever this day, be at my side.
Elizabeth
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About the Author
Elizabeth Tichvon is a Catholic writer and Consecrated Marian Catechist under the Direction of His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. Always faithful to the Magisterium, she spreads and defends the Catholic faith as a true witness of Christ, confessing the name of Jesus boldly, never ashamed of the Cross.
Elizabeth became aware of the need for the New Evangelization while in the two years of her formation as a Marian Catechist and wrote over 200 published meditations on Sacred Scripture from the daily Liturgy of the Word for various Catholic websites, and following Jesus' example, now teaches through her own parables so that by sharing her stories through social media, might bring others closer to the heart of Christ. She is currently a regular columnist at Catholic365 and as a Marian Catechist, her spiritual life is the foundation of her writing.
She completed UCLA's Graduate Program With Honors and worked as a Paralegal for 32 years before retiring from Chrysler's Office of the General Counsel in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
