Devotion to the Guardian Angel

Dear Parents,

Although October, the month dedicated to the Holy Angels, has now passed, one of the greatest devotions you can instill into the hearts of your children is a constant, faithful, and tender devotion to their angel guardians. With them from the beginning of their life until the moment of death, the presence of their angel should be ever before them as one of the greatest helps bestowed upon them by our heavenly Father. It is little spoken of, but the “Angel of God” prayer is heavily indulgenced. The following is taken from the Raccolta 1946:

• An indulgence of 100 days each time it is recited
• A plenary indulgence once a month, on the usual conditions, for the daily recitation of this prayer
• A plenary indulgence, on the usual conditions, on the feast of the Guardian Angels (Oct. 2) if this prayer has been recited in the morning and evening throughout the preceding year
• A plenary indulgence at the hour of death, to be gained by the faithful who have been accustomed to say this prayer frequently during life, provided that they go to confession and Communion or, at least, make an Act of Contrition, invoke the holy Name of Jesus orally, if possible, or at least mentally, and accept death with resignation from the hand of God as the just punishment for their sins.