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Monday, October 2, 2017

Letters to Heaven: Angels and Saints

"We should show our affection for the angels, for one day they will be our co-heirs just as here below they are our guardians and trustees appointed and set over us by the Father." Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

October 2, 2008


Dear Jesus:

Today we celebrate those angelic creatures that I have come to love since I was little, when I was introduced to my guardian angel.

God has always used angels as His messengers. We find them all over the Bible, both in the old and in the new testaments. He used an angel to announce to your Blessed Mother, Mary, that she was chosen to be the mother of the Son of God. He also used an angel to tell Joseph not to despise Mary. The shepherds found out about your birth from an angel.

I have always loved angels, and at the same time, I have found them to be mysterious. My hubby bears the name of Rafael, the archangel. We named our first born after the three archangels: Rafael Gabriel Miguel. I believe in angels, both spiritual and human. There are persons that are angels living here on earth. They always happen to be where you need them, at the right place, at the right time.


I have met angels, I have encountered them, and I have received their unselfish help.

Guardian angel, please protect me, and all those that I love, today and always.

I love You, Jesus!!! 


"The world's thy ship and not thy home." St. Theresa of Lisieux

October 2, 2017

Dear Jesus:

Hello from Budapest. This enchanted town has captured my heart in just two days. It's absolutely gorgeous.

We started our day yesterday attending mass at Mathias Church. It was the high mass with an angelic choir. Of course, it was in Hungarian so we didn't understand a word other than Amen and Alleluia. But we were able to follow the mass, and with the Magnificat, we read the Scriptures in English. We were impressed at how packed the mass was. It was quite a contrast with Italy last year, where the masses were empty.

Yesterday, on the feast day of St. Theresa of the Little Flower, I ran into her image at St. Stephen's Basilica. I have been praying her novena so this was the perfect confirmation that she has been taking my prayer requests to You.


Today, on the feast of the Guardian Angels, I kept bumping into angel paintings everywhere... some of them a bit pornographic.


And at the end of the day, we encountered a Cuban that lives in Sarasota. Well, she's not really Cuban, she was born in Tampa, but her grandparents are Cuban and she grew up in Hialeah. Close enough. What can i say? We are everywhere. Even in Budapest.

St. Theresa, pray for us.

I love You, Jesus!!!

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