Elf on the Shelf

What if I told you . . .

            The word “angel” comes from the Greek word for “messenger.”

            A guardian angel is like an Elf on the Shelf keeping an eye on you and also sending daily reports back to Heaven.  So, remember to say your prayers.

            St. Michael is an Archangel and a spiritual warrior against Satan.

"Christians long ago concluded that each individual human being has his or her own particular guardian angel.

Though the Church has never defined the teaching about individual guardian angels, the Catechism of the Catholic Church sums up the matter this way, quoting St. Basil:

‘From infancy to death human life is surrounded by [the angels’] watchful care and intercession.

Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life’.

In this light, we can turn to our guardian angels for help in spiritual warfare, especially to resist the temptations of the Enemy.

Yet angels are more than guardians; they are also warriors."

— Paul Thigpen, p. 30

AN EXCERPT FROM:

Manual for Spiritual Warfare by Paul Thigpen