23. OUR GUARDIAN ANGELS

German prisoner of war attending Holy Mass, France, 1946 Photo by David E. Scheman

Every human being, however degraded and wicked, has an angel as his guardian and companion all through life.  Learn hence to esteem every soul without exception as being the recipient of so high a favor from God.  Like their angels, never fail in hope and in prayer for their salvation.  Learn the same lesson as St. Peter: "God hath showed me not to call any man common or unclean" (Acts x. 28).

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22. THE FUNCTION OF THE ANGELS

Playground, Indiana, USA 1950
Photo by Francis Miller

The universal sense of the the Christian people has always clung to the beautiful idea of Guardian Angels being appointed by God to every individual child of Adam, to protect them, pray for them, move them to good, and in every way to promote their salvation.  (Continue Below) :)

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21. THEY WILL PRAY FOR YOU

Evening Prayer, Quebec Canada, 1942
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As a member of the Church you have consciously come into the the company of the angels (Heb. xiii,22). That implies active communication: you will honour them, they will pray for you.

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20. IF WE DO OUR BEST

Girl Scouts, February, 1952
Photo by Edward Clark

If we do our best, however little that be, we secure the omnipotence of God on our side, and our weakness becomes stronger than all the craft and violence of Satan whether exercised through men or devils.   

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19. ONE FALSE STEP

Vogue Magazine - Photo by Nina Leen, 1950

One false step leads to others. Then death comes; the soul is fixed in the evil it has chosen; all else drops away, and sin stands revealed in all its horror and cruelty as the condition of the soul for eternity.  
Beware how you admit sin into your heart.  It comes under the guise of pleasure or gain or false honor. It seems harmless, for its evil effects are known as yet only by faith.  (CONTINUE BELOW)

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18. THE AWARD OF THE JUDGE

Alone on the Queen Elizabeth, 1948
Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Thus was evil overthrown once in its conflict with good.  So it will be again, and its next overthrow will be final. Do not be discouraged at the temporary preeminence of evil. Right and Truth are stronger and must prevail.

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17. SPECULATIONS ON THE SIN OF THE ANGELS

Writer Dashiell Hammett, Hollywood, CA, USA, 1937

Photo by Paul Dorsey

Men delight in any excellence, natural or inherited, which they possess, and turn God's gift into a source of continual offence against Him and men.  They give themselves full credit for it, and never refer it to its giver or use it for His glory.  They worship themselves by reason of it and not God.   (Continue Below)

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16. THE SIN OF THE ANGELS

High school drop outs hanging out, New York City, 1960

Photo by Paul Schutzer

Pride is the destruction of all virtue; it is an abomination before God. It attacks all, and its work is secret, swift and fatal.  Guard carefully against it.  (Continue Below)

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15. THE TRIAL AND CONFLICT OF THE ANGELS

Cub Scouts Camp, USA, 1957

Photo by Yale Joel

"There was a great battle in heaven" (Apoc. xii.7). Such is the universal law of life.

     This struggle must have been gigantic and fearful, carried on as it was between forces full of such immense energies; it was the first engagement of the great war in which we are now involved.  It is not sufficient for you to choose good and do it quietly; you must further fight the good fight for it.  Because of this many fail.  Trust in the force of Right and Truth, and in their ultimate victory; but remember that the victory depends on your exertions and will cost dearly.

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