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Hello out there:

Does anyone know of any good resources on guardian angels? Our five year old recently sustained a head injury from a sledding accident and now reports that she can see her guardian angel. She sticks to her story every time when we ask questions about him. Thanks.

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Scott_D said:
Hello out there:

Does anyone know of any good resources on guardian angels? Our five year old recently sustained a head injury from a sledding accident and now reports that she can see her guardian angel. She sticks to her story every time when we ask questions about him.
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I like Peter Kreeft’s book, “Angels and Demons: What do we really know about them?”

From what you’ve said, I see no reason to doubt her claims. Rather than fight it, why not go with it and see where it leads? If you are not one that directly experiences “the supernatural”, perhaps you will doubt the possibilities.

Can your child ask questions of their guardian angel? That would be an amazing thing to experience.
 
It’s possible but caution is urged.

Do not be afraid to share this information with a medical professional.

Trust your instincts as a parent.

This could be a case of your child:
  • having an imaginary friend. (very common).
  • having physical trauma that is unresolved which is manifesting as visions.
(I am just a mommy with a lot of experience in the spiritual realm).

I have never hesitated to try to find a rational explaination for the unexplained; it is so much more satisfying when our children get a clean bill of health.

Having said that, I believe it certainly is *possible *that your child is seeing just what is claimed.

I urge caution regarding any info you might receive regarding angels. There are a lot of wacky ideas out there about them.

The catechism has some good info about them. Trust that with confidence; all else use extreme caution.

Pray for discernment.
 
in_servitude said:
…Can your child ask questions of their guardian angel? That would be an amazing thing to experience.
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No offense to the poster but …
This is *very *bad advice. Please read the Catechism about private revelation. CCC 65 - 73. If this is your child’s angel, then it is between your child and God.

To prime your child to ask questions is bad regardless of what is really happening.

If it is fiction: it feeds the fiction and will make it difficult for your child to discern reality eventually.
If it is an angel - then that is between God and your child for God’s will, not yours.
If it is a demon - then there is the possiblity of opening the door to corruption.

Tell a doctor (get a second opinion if necessary)
Seek a spiritual advisor
Read the catechism
Trust your instincts

Pray for discernment
 
InspiritCarol said:
No offense to the poster but …
This is *very *bad advice. Please read the Catechism about private revelation. CCC 65 - 73. If this is your child’s angel, then it is between your child and God.

Pray for discernment
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I’m willing to allow that my advice might not be good. I do not have direct experience with children that have this kind of gift - one that you may or may not be experiencing. Or, perhaps, I don’t have experience with children that make something like this up. I suppose it depends on the severity of the head injury as to how seriously I’d take that as a cause.

I do get highly annoyed, however, when those in my life jump to the conclusion that I’m mentally messed up because of these types of experiences. I have to keep it to myself - which is a bummer because we usually want to share the graces we get from God. I am probably overly concerned for this aspect for your child than what InspiritCarol is pointing out. In reality, those that do have this gift wish they could share it because it’s so wonderful.

Perhaps - as you go through your discernment - and if natural causes can’t explain what it happening - you may wish to find a good spiritual director for the two of you. I’m willing, once again, to admit that my advice could be bad. It is something I would consider for myself if I had a 5 year old dealing with this. Additionally, I would also have concern for my child because if this is spiritual - the child may need help from what might be some sort of demonic attack.

Good luck! I hope that everything works out well for you and your family.
 
in_servitude said:
I do get highly annoyed, however, when those in my life jump to the conclusion that I’m mentally messed up because of these types of experiences. I have to keep it to myself - which is a bummer because we usually want to share the graces we get from God. I am probably overly concerned for this aspect for your child than what InspiritCarol is pointing out. In reality, those that do have this gift wish they could share it because it’s so wonderful.
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I know what you mean. Have you read the catechism about private revelation? It helped me a lot. What has helped the most is prayer for wisdom, patience with others and discernment. Also, God graced me by sending a truly disturbed person into my life. Now I understand that I can be comfortable with the paths God chooses to guide us down. When faced with the truly crazy, it is easy to see that despite conventional wisdom in the matters of the spiritual; the fact is that sane, rational people *can *experience the inexplicable.

I hate to sound mean - I’m sure you mean well; I just urge caution with so many possibilities. Your other advice seems sound.

How does one find a “spiritual advisor”? What is your experience?

I’ve had to go to many through my experiences. It’s not been easy but I live in the middle of nowhere.

-Carol
 
If your child has any kind of odd reaction after a head injury she needs to see a doctor without delay, but that does not mean a child cannot see her guardian angel. It may have nothing to do with the injury, but this is simply common sense.
 
InspiritCarol said:
I know what you mean. Have you read the catechism about private revelation? It helped me a lot.

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How does one find a “spiritual advisor”? What is your experience?

I’ve had to go to many through my experiences. It’s not been easy but I live in the middle of nowhere.
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I have read it - but at the time I was more focused on taking a healthy approach to unapproved apparitions. I will review it again in this context where the focus is learning to enjoy my spiritual life while not sharing it with others.

Wow - the question about the spiritual advisor - that was an interesting experience. I asked our parish for a list of advisors, and that list had about 30 people on it (some of which I knew had moved, so the list was old). One name jumped out at me, which was strange since I had zero context for this. I called - left a message. I intended to start at the top and just go down the list, but I had one interruption after another until my call was returned. About 40 minutes into the interruptions, I could tell that something supernatural was afoot because it just never happens this way (I suspected my guardian angel in this case). Anyway, I asked about their comfort level with the supernatural - and I got the answers I needed.

My spiritual advisor is a lifeline for me - and since I can only get 1 hour per month, and I’ve been counting the days until our next meeting. I hope you can find someone, but I’m in a big city environment - and I feel lucky to find 1 person. I empathize for those like yourself that have to go through this alone.

In any event, I can tell that I need to dial back my enthusiasm for introducing others to the supernatural. It comes from my disappointment that I wasn’t tuned to angels/demons in the past because people were always so dismissive of anything “invisible”.
 
Scott_D said:
Hello out there:

Does anyone know of any good resources on guardian angels? Our five year old recently sustained a head injury from a sledding accident and now reports that she can see her guardian angel. She sticks to her story every time when we ask questions about him. Thanks.

Pax
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Frankly, you should not be asking us about this. Your immediate action should be to get her to a doctor and tell him.
Anything else can wait.
 
ALL you have to do is ask for spiritual direction…

and also DO NOT ALLOW HIM to be exposed in articles and movies with apparitions, angels and others so you are sure that he isnt copying what he saw…
 
FraLeones said:
…and also DO NOT ALLOW HIM to be exposed in articles and movies with apparitions, angels and others so you are sure that he isnt copying what he saw…
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Yes.

Personally, (my boy was two when an angel spoke to him - I had never even told him what an angel was) I put on my best poker face, acted like seeing an angel was no big deal and tried to fish out details as I would have if we were having a discussion about the weather.

Our faith should never rise or fall on such as this. They are certainly moments of note, but from a faith perspective, angels of God want us to glorify God. If there is anything in an encounter that seems to glorify anything other than God, we must question its authenticity.

Think about it; the one way we are able to tell if a Marian apparition is genuine: it leads us to God.
 
Everyone is focusing on the wrong thing.

PAY ATTENTION.

5-year old. Accident. Head injury.

First stop is the doctor urgently. The OP can then come back and discuss guardian angels!!
 
puzzleannie said:
If your child has any kind of odd reaction after a head injury she needs to see a doctor without delay, but that does not mean a child cannot see her guardian angel. It may have nothing to do with the injury, but this is simply common sense.
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The thing is that she has absolutely no signs of physical damage. No signs of concussion. No loss of memory. She’s as sharp as ever. Not even a bruise. All she has is a bump, which was near the top of her head. She’s fortunate she’s not taller.
 
Scott_D said:
The thing is that she has absolutely no signs of physical damage. No signs of concussion. No loss of memory. She’s as sharp as ever. Not even a bruise. All she has is a bump, which was near the top of her head. She’s fortunate she’s not taller.
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You mean you already took her to a doctor and she has been thoroughly examined by the doctor and given the all clear or are you just assuming she is okay. Concussion or other brain damage is not always evidenced by external signs of injury.
Sorry for pressing you on this but I’m especially concerned because she is a young child and I hope that she has indeed been examined by a doctor.
 
thistle said:
Everyone is focusing on the wrong thing.

PAY ATTENTION.

5-year old. Accident. Head injury.

First stop is the doctor urgently. The OP can then come back and discuss guardian angels!!
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Still cracking me up. (Thanks for the chuckle).

Umm, I did say that (BTW) - the assumption is that the child did see a doctor right away. But you’re right, it’s not expressly stated.

Thanks for being so refreshingly clear - as usual.
 
InspiritCarol said:
Still cracking me up. (Thanks for the chuckle).

Umm, I did say that (BTW) - the assumption is that the child did see a doctor right away. But you’re right, it’s not expressly stated.

Thanks for being so refreshingly clear - as usual.
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Sorry for being so prickly. I’m known for that although I think of it as plain speaking. Notice my forum name. Thistle is a prickly plant.
 
To the OP, Scott D: Assuming the child has been seen by a doctor and everything checked out fine, talk to your own Guardian Angel and ask him (or her, as the case may be) to speak to the child’s Guardian Angel and have the child give you a sign.

The absence of a sign does not necessarily mean the child doesn’t see the Angel because the Angel might instruct the child not to respond to any such request, but the presence of a sign, and especially more than one sign would be good evidence that such a thing is happening.

Also, to everybody else in the forum, if the OP takes this no further, it doesn’t mean that nothing occurred, but rather that the Angels may have other plans for the OP and his child.

It’s not for us to get excited about this, but rather, it’s about the OP, his child, her health, God, the Angels, and Their plans.
 
This episode with our daughter has indeed taught me something. Honestly, my guardian angel is not something I think about often enough. I know, logically, that my angel is standing watch encouraging me to make the right decisions, which I often ignore, but I have not internalized it. Now I know how vigilant guardian angels really are.
 
Scott_D said:
This episode with our daughter has indeed taught me something. Honestly, my guardian angel is not something I think about often enough. I know, logically, that my angel is standing watch encouraging me to make the right decisions, which I often ignore, but I have not internalized it. Now I know how vigilant guardian angels really are.
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Thanks for sharing this!
 
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