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 today we celebrate the feast of <u>our Guardian Angels</u></b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Why does God send 
these spiritual messengers to help us?</b></span> Well, Aquinas says that <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>each of 
us</b></span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>due to our <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">fallen</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">nature</span>,</b></span>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>has been assigned a heavenly guide.</b></span> Is all of this just speculation and 
conjecture? </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">One
 of <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>my favorite storie</b></span>s about angels is this one: <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>two relatively 
inexperienced pilots found themselves lost on a foggy day. Though they 
tried desperately to make contact with an airport, they were incapable 
of doing so. One of them then <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">prayed for protection</span></b></span>.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">In
 time, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">a voice</span> crackled onto the radio. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">The speaker identified himself 
as a controller from a small airport. Through very precise instructions,
 he guided</span> the two pilots through the fog to a landing strip at that 
airport.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Once
 they had arrived, to their astonishment they discovered that the 
airport was closed and that there was no one on duty. </b></span>A bizarre 
coincidence? A happy accident? Or <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>perhaps a sign that we are being 
protected by powers at a higher pitch of ontological perfection? </b></span>As you
know, stories such as this come out of the woodwork once people are 
given the opportunity to share them.</span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br></div>
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