See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father.--Jesus (Mt.18:10)
This is one more command to love from our Lord. How do we "see that we do not despise"?, by loving the little ones. Who are the little ones? They are the unborn child in the womb, the young child abandoned in Darfur, the elderly abandoned by family and left in homes to die, the prisoner forgotten and wasting away in a local jail we drive by daily, the teenager who seeks happiness in all the wrong places, the college student who hopes there is more to life than getting a degree and a job. The "little ones" are all of the us at some point in our lives. Jesus was talking about the child who is innocent when He said these words, but at one point this was all of us. We never lose our Guardian Angel. We always have this appointed creature doing the work God has assigned. Let us pray that our hearts will be ever grateful for this help. The Angel to remember today is Gabriel, sent to speak to the Virgin Mary and call her by her real name, "Full of Grace". Remember that all of this is for our salvation. Glory to God!
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Gabriel
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