Prayer to My Guardian Angel
O blessed angelic Spirit,
Dear and attentive guide in this life,
I thank you from my heart for all the love and confidence
with which you have treated me till now.
Be patient with my inconsistency,
for I often do not follow your holy counsels,
and by my disobedience
have caused you great and bitter sorrow.
Drive away from me by the power of the Jesus’ Cross
every temptation of the Evil One,
and in whatever trouble or difficulty you see me,
may I feel the help of almighty God to be present
by your particular prayer and protection.
Today I commend to you forever
my body, my heart, and my soul,
my memory, my intellect and my will,
my passions and my feelings,
that you would guard me, direct me, and rule me,
and at the same time purify, illuminate, and perfect me,
so that filled with every good through you,
I may persevere in grace until, in your company,
I will come to see my God face to face
and live in the blessedness of his glory forever.
Amen.
