Exodus 23:20-23 / Matthew 18:1-5, 10
The feeling of loneliness is the distress of being alone or separated.
It is distressing to think that we are all alone when we are facing a big problem.
And the feeling becomes heavier when we feel that we are forgotten and no one cares about the struggles that we are going through.
But the Bible tells us that even if a mother forgets her baby, God will not forget us.
In the 1st reading, the Lord God tells His people this: I myself will send an angel before you to guard you as you go and bring you to the place that I have prepared.
And in the gospel, Jesus says this: See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my Father in heaven.
Reflecting deeper upon these Bible passages, the Church also teaches us that each of us have a guardian angel the moment we come into existence.
So from the moment we are conceived in this world to the eternal existence in the next world, we have a guardian angel accompanying us always.
So, we are never alone, but let us remember to give our guardian angel reverence and listen to all that he says, for God speaks though our guardian angels.
And let us also say this prayer to our Guardian Angel and teach others, especially the children, to say it:
Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom God’s love, commits me here,
Ever this day be at my side,
To light and guard, to rule and guide.
Amen.