“Are guardian angels real?” This question opens a discussion on their biblical mentions and the belief that every person, including non-Christians, may have one. Other topics include the fate of a guardian angel after their charge dies, the nature of angels and time, and the appropriateness of praying to saints or angels.

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Questions Covered:

06:15 – So on the topic of angels who can actually help us — are guardian angels real? Are they ever mentioned in the Bible?
07:50 – Does every single person have a guardian angel? Or only the baptized, or only children, or only the holy?
10:55 – What about non-Christians — an atheist, a Hindu, someone who’s never heard the name of Christ? Do they have a guardian angel too?
13:15 – When the person they’re guarding dies, what happens to a guardian angel? Do they get reassigned — ‘recycled,’ so to speak — onto a new baby?
17:50 – Why do you think angels haven’t fallen again?
24:15 – Do angels experience time as in having a before, now and later?
32:25 – I know angels have gender. Does the gender of our guardian angels correspond to our gender?
35:48 – When God told Moses to build the ark with Seraphim on it, how did Moses know what a Seraphim looked like?
41:19 – What is appropriate or not appropriate when praying to saints or angels? Are we asking them to actually do something for us, or just asking them to pass on our request to God?
45:00 – Can we name our guardian angels? Plenty of well-meaning Catholics do exactly that.
50:01 – If everything you’ve said is true — that every one of us is surrounded, right now, by powerful, personal, tireless servants of God who love us and want to get us safely home — how should knowing the angels are real change the way a Catholic prays, faces temptation, and meets death?