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October 2 · Memorial · White

Holy Guardian Angels

The Church has long taught that each soul is entrusted to an angel for guidance, protection, and intercession. Origen, Basil, and Aquinas all wrote of them. A feast since the seventeenth century.

A prayerAngel of God, my guardian dear, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide.

When is the feast of Holy Guardian Angels?

The feast is celebrated on October 2 each year, kept as a memorial in the General Roman Calendar, with white vestments.

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