The Holy Guardian Angels

About this day

God gives each person an angel to guard and guide them, as Christ said of the little ones: "their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father." Pope Clement X extended this feast to the whole Church in 1670.

Coming up in the next year

Next: Sat 2 Oct 2027 — Year B · I

• Sat 2 Oct 2027

Music

Mass

• Oct 02 – Holy Guardian Angels – Propers [2 Oct. Guardian Angels. 2014] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
• Sep 29 – Michaelmas – Propers [Gradual. SANCTORAL. Angels July 2019] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Communion
• Saints of Thanksgiving Day to Dec 14 – St John of the Cross – Propers (English & Latin) [Propers. III. SANC full. 06.04.20] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion

Divine Office: Lauds (Morning Prayer)

• Oct 02 – Holy Guardian Angels – Lauds [Lauds. 2 Oct. Angels. 2017] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Benedictus

Votive Mass of the Holy Angels — same antiphons: Communion

• Votive Mass – Holy Angels – Alleluia [CMAA 2019. Holy Angels. Votive Mass. Alleluia.] Details
• Common of Commons to Votive Mass – Holy Angels – Propers (English & Latin) [Gradual Saints. Outside PT. 2016] Details

From the Missal

• Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Angels of the Lord, bless the…” Cf. Dn 3: 58
• Communion — Roman Missal “In the presence of the Angels…” Cf. Ps 137: 1