Do This in Memory of Me: Call Upon The Guardian Angels

By: Laura Catherine Worhacz

"When our good Master places you in an extraordinary situation of charity towards your neighbor, then you must leave everything for this dear neighbor; but I said, "in an extraordinary state," and even then, the more we expend exteriorly, the more we must feed our inner life by its union with God. Oh! If we could be like the guardian angels! They see God continually while at the same time they are always concerned with us. That is because God is their absolute center." 
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Saint Peter Julian Eymard (Counsels for Spiritual Life, page 26)

Dearest Eucharistic Family,

I call upon the angels often. In my daily morning prayers, I pray, "Angel of God my guardian dear to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day be at my side to light to guard to rule and guide," even if I should forget to call upon thee. When the priest comes into the sanctuary, I am in the habit of praying to his angel to be with him through the celebration of the Eucharist. For my husband, children, and in my encounters, my interior calls upon the angels. I wish to call upon the guardian angels more and more.

Today will be a good day to recall the times we have felt the presence of the angels. I remember driving one day, and as I changed lanes, there was a pick-up truck in front of me with lawn care gear. A wheel barrel flew out of the truck the moment I changed lanes. Praise God no one was driving behind me. As I entered the lane next to the tumbling barrel, a tear came to my eye in praise; I knew my guardian angel prompted me to change lanes.

I remember one year; it was in January during the annual March for Life. My now-adult daughter, who was about four years old at the time, was chatting. We were driving in the car, and she said, "Mommy do you see the angels? They are in the clouds." I was praying the rosary and knew my little one was in the clouds with the angels, especially on the day of the March for Life.

So many times, amid groups, I will call upon the angels. Conversations break through the silence, warmth through barriers, grace from the Holy Spirit.

The spiritual realities are beyond the veil of our sight. They live in the baptism of the Kingdom of Heaven now through the Eucharist.

​At funerals, we sing, "May the choirs of angels come to greet you may they speed you to paradise…."

In Jesus' agony, He was consoled by angels. Our Father in Heaven has given us everything in the way of grace. Our Blessed Mother, Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Queen of Angels here to behold us in God's love.
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This time of year breathes feast days to draw us into the mystery of our Church. Yesterday we celebrated the life of St. Therese' of the Child Jesus. Like so many of you, St. Therese' is so close to my heart. She seemed to live in an interior place, singing with the angels while going about her daily duties. She was concerned with Jesus' suffering, knowing that every beautiful flower of love she placed on His way to Calvary might reflect her gratitude for the Cross. St. Therese' had an angelic spirit. She has revealed to us there is a way to be in the company of Heaven while upon the earth. She found this in the mission to love beyond the ways of the world. To seek the needs of others over her own. To love Jesus in the world, to break through hostilities. Our Lady of the Smile would come to heal St. Therese; this encounter remained with Therese' until her early passing from this life, the angels with her.

May Psalm 91 reign in our hearts:

You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shade of the Almighty,
Say to the LORD, "My refuge and fortress,
my God in whom I trust."

He will rescue you from the fowler's snare,
from the destroying plague,
He will shelter you with his pinions,
and under his wings you may take refuge;
his faithfulness is a protecting shield.

You shall not fear the terror of the night
nor the arrow that flies by day,
Nor the pestilence that roams in darkness,
nor the plague that ravages at noon.

Though a thousand fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
near you it shall not come.
You need simply watch;
the punishment of the wicked you will see.

Because you have the LORD for your refuge
and have made the Most High your stronghold,
No evil shall befall you,
no affliction come near your tent.

For he commands his angels with regard to you,
to guard you wherever you go.
With their hands they shall support you,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.

You can tread upon the asp and the viper,
trample the lion and the dragon.
Because he clings to me I will deliver him;
because he knows my name I will set him on high.
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He will call upon me and I will answer;
I will be with him in distress;
I will deliver him and give him honor.

Laura Catherine Worhacz

Laura Catherine Worhacz is a Lay Associate of the Blessed Sacrament and author of Consecration to Jesus Through Our Lady of The Blessed Sacrament.. She is also the Director of Mothers of The Blessed Sacrament. She lives in Trinity, FL with her husband and their two daughters.