How to Grow in Devotion to Guardian Angels

Angie Allen suggests growing in devotion to guardian angels by treating them as spiritual companions through attentive prayer and frequent invocation. Drawing on the teachings of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Allen notes that angels are always present to provide comfort and protection.

The article highlights the practices of St. Pio of Pietrelcina and Father Gabriele Amorth to illustrate the practical role of angels. Father Amorth, an exorcist, taught in his book, An Exorcist Explains the Demonic, that people should regularly call upon their guardian angels for protection from danger and for guidance at the right moments. Amorth viewed angels as essential tools in spiritual warfare rather than just theological concepts.

St. Pio also maintained a close relationship with angels, reportedly seeing and speaking with his own angel as well as the angels of those he guided. He frequently told people to send him their angels when they needed his help. Allen concludes that true belief requires accepting that God has assigned a specific guardian angel to every person.