"one day they will be our co-heirs[,] just as here below they are our guardians and trustees"

"O God, Who in thine unspeakable Providence hast been pleased to give thine holy Angels charge over us, to keep us, mercifully grant unto our prayers, that we be both ever fenced by their wardship here, and everlastingly blessed by their fellowship hereafter. Through".

"O God, who in your unfathomable providence are pleased to send your holy Angels to guard us, hear our supplication as we cry to you, that we may always be defended by their protection and rejoice eternally in their company. Through".

"God our Father, in your loving providence you send your holy angels to watch over us.  Hear our prayers, defend us always by their protection and let us share your life with them forever.  We ask this through".

"Deus, qui ineffabili providentia sanctos Angelos tuos ad nostram custodiam mittere dignaris: largire supplicibus tuis; et eorum semper protectione defendi, et aeterna societate gaudere. Per".

     Prayer for 2 October, Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels.  Headline from Sermon 12.3.6-8 on Ps 91 by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a reading for the day from, presumably, the foundation of the feast on 13 September 1670.  Image.