The Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels

October 2nd is the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels. This Feast was placed on the Roman calendar by Pope Paul V in 1607. The Council of Trent (1545 to 1563), was convened in response to the Protestant Reformation. The following quote is taken from its Catechism:

By God’s providence Angels have been entrusted with the office of guarding the human race and of accompanying every human being in order to preserve him from any serious dangers…Our heavenly Father has placed over each of us an Angel under whose protection and vigilance we may be enabled to escape the snares secretly prepared by our enemy, repel the dreadful attacks he makes on us, and under his (our Angel’s) guiding hand keep to the right road, and thus be secure against all false steps which the wiles of the evil one might cause us to make in order to draw us aside from the path that leads to Heaven.

"Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen"

The Month of the Most Holy Rosary

The month of October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary.

In Rev Marco Testa’s book “Our Lady’s Psalter - The Rosary of the Mystery of Christ”, he states: “The Rosary was developed as a common method of prayer modelled on the monastic prayer of the Psalms out of a desire to participate in some way in the Church’s continual prayer of the Divine Office.” In 1569, St. Pius V officially approved the Rosary in its present form, and in 1883, Pope Leo XIII proposed the Rosary as an effective spiritual weapon against the evils afflicting society.  It is attributed to saving Austria, Brazil, Chile and Portugal from the wiles of communism and was largely responsible for the victory of The Holy League (Spain, Venice and the Papal States) against the Turks in 1571 at Lepanto.

In the words of St. John Paul II, “the Rosary is and exquisitely contemplative prayer”. Let us honour Our Lady by being obedient to her request at Fatima; “Pray the Rosary every day in order to obtain peace for the world.”