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f THE STORY OF THE GUARDIAN ANGELS
NCE upon a time, all the angels in Heaven

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were good.

God had made them because He loved

them. He had given them beautiful houses

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in Heaven to live in. He had made them strong and

beautiful.

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But some of the angels were wicked. They said,

Let us fight against God. We will not obey Him.”

The rest said, “That is wicked. We love God.
He is our good Father. We will do as He asks,”

So there was a terrible fight in Heaven. The bad

angels tried to drive God out. The good angels

fought to protect Him.

The good angels won. The bad angels were

driven from Heaven.

And God thanked His good angels and made

them stronger and more beautiful than ever.
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Angels, Our Friends from Heaven

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women. They will also be our children.”

So He made a strong son called Adam.

He made a beautiful daughter called Eve.

They lived in Paradise and were very happy.

Some day God meant to bring them to Heaven

with Him.

But one of the bad angels crawled up out of Hell

where he lived. He hated Adam and Eve because

God loved them.

He lied to Adam and Eve and they sinned.

God was sorry. But He saw that men and women,

boys and girls, were going to have strong enemies,

the evil angels.

So He saidj “I will give them strong friends too.

I will give them good angels to be with them al-

ways.”

Whenever, then, God makes another son or

daughter. He calls a good angel.

“Go to earth,” He commands. “Take care of my

child. You are a Guardian Angel.”





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Heaven comes an angel.

Nobody can see him. But he is strong

and good and beautiful. He loves that new

baby very much. He will try hard not to let any-

thing happen to that child.

From that time on, the Guardian Angel never

leaves his little friend.

He stays watching over his cradle.

He is with him when he takes his first steps.

He is very happy on the day he makes his First

Communion.

He helps him to pray.

All through life he will be at the side of that little

son of God.

Sometimes boys and girls love their Guardian

Angels very much. They talk to them and ask them

for help.

Sometimes boys and girls pay no attention to

their Guardian Angels.

But always the Guardian Angel remains.

He is a friend and guide and protector for life.



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[HE Guardian Angels know how sad it is to

sin.

They know that sin made the bad an-

gels lose Heaven and turn into devils.

They know that sin spoils the soul of a boy or

girl.

So if a boy or girl sins, the Guardian Angels are

very sad.

When they see temptation coming close to a boy

or girl, they try to drive it away.

If a bad angel comes near, they protect their little

friend.

Way down deep in their hearts, the boy and girl
can hear the Guardian Angels say, “Don’t do what

is evil. It will make you very unhappy. Always

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do what is good. That will make you happy.”

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Angels will always be safe. No evil angel can hurt

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Their lives will be wonderfully happy.



The Angels Lead Us to Our Lord



OUR Guardian Angel is with you all the
time.

So he can see everything you do. He

goes with you every place you go. He hears

everything you say.

Now he loves God very much. And he loves

you because you are his little friend and God’s child.

So he is very happy when he sees you do things

that are good. He loves to walk with you to places

that are fine. He is delighted when you speak

kindly and purely and in friendly ways.

He likes to walk with you for a visit to church.

He is happy when you are playing with your

friends.

He smiles at you when you are kind to your par -

ents.

But can’t you see how sad he is when you do

things that are evil.? He wishes you never would do

anything bad. He hates to hear you speak in any

way that is not sweet and pure and good.

Don’t you want to make your Guardian Angel

always proud of you.? Don’t you want him to be

glad that you are his little friend.?



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OMETIME all of us must die.
If a person is good, death is very lovely.

It is just the dark gate through which we

walk into Heaven. It is the beginning of

joy that never ends.

But if a person has been bad, death is sad. He

has to see God whom he did not love. He has to

face Jesus Christ whom he hurt and refused to follow.

Our Guardian Angels will be with us, though,

when we die.

That is why we must make friends with them all

our days.

When we come to die, they will be at our bedside.

They will frighten away the evil angels who want

to hurt us.

They will whisper into our ear prayers that we

can say.

They will remind God of all the good we have

done. They will help us to be sorry for any evil we

did.

And when we die, they will take us by the hand

and lead us to God. We will not be afraid.
We will walk to the gate of death with an angel

at our side.

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Our Guardian Anpel will lead us safely into

Heaven.
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