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Father: would you elaborate on asking one’s angel to be present in their stead, please?
Ditto czemike. My education is light about angels.
That’s an encouraging and consoling thought.
Thank you.
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I can see the advantage of sending my guardian angel to your Mass, but doesn’t that leave me unguarded until he gets back?
I suppose if Padre Pio could bilocate and angel can as well.
czemike: Angels are purely spiritual being, who are not bound by the limitations of matter. As a result, they “are” where they choose to act. It is no obstacle for an angel to be virtually in many places at the same time, because they do not really have to travel from point a to b. Also, your angels behold the face of God and know His will for you.