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HOLY GUARDIANS, ETERNAL COMPANIONS “I AM SENDING AN ANGEL BEFORE YOU TO GUARD YOU ON THE WAY.” (EX 23:20) In the not-so-distant past, after returning home from an evening out, a member of your family might have pressed a button on a little device near your home phone to “check the messages.” Today, the answering machine has probably disappeared from your family’s living room, and so too has the home, or “landline,” phone. Our world seems to be connected by instant communication. Direct messages appear on your Instagram, and text messages appear on your cell phone just waiting to be answered. Some friend, family member or co-worker is communicating a message to you. Hopefully, the person’s contact info is saved in your phone, sparing you from having to send the embarrassing message in reply: “Hey, sorry. Who is this?” Your spiritual life is not so different from your daily life. Every day, throughout the day, God the Father communicates with you, his beloved son or daughter. Hopefully, you devote some time each day to “check the messages,” that is, you
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FATHER BRIAN MELDRUM, WRITER • ANTÔNIA FELIPE (UNSPLASH), PHOTOGRAPHER
