October 2, 2021

For you this week:

• Reflection for Saturday: Your guardian angel wants to help you more
  
• Next Smart Event: Mystical Union with Christ through the Holy Rosary
  
• 2021 October’s Rosary Campaign: Post your prayer requests now
• New Footsteps to Heaven podcast: The Incredible Truth About Your Guardian Angel
  

Saturday October 2, 2021
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels

Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29
Psalm 69:33-37
Matthew 18:1-5, 10
bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100221.cfm
Podcast:
bible.usccb.org/podcasts/audio/2021-10-02

Saints Calendar:
gnm.org/saints-find/saints-calendar

Their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father. (From Saturday’s Gospel reading)

Reflection for Saturday:
Your guardian angel wants to help you more

We all need supernatural help, right? Every day, there’s probably some type of challenge that you face, as do I, that really is beyond our own ability to handle all by ourselves or even by the human means of the help of friends or family.

Every day, there are ways that God wants to provide help, and he sometimes makes it so that he’s the only Person we can turn to. There’s no other option, sometimes. Although, do we really recognize that? Oftentimes, when we face troubles, we just get angry, frustrated, impatient. We sometimes feel so desperate that we take measures into our own hands, making decisions that are not holy or, when they’re not sinful, our decisions are not God’s best will for us.

Every day, we face situations that needs help from heaven. I discussed this in my Footsteps to Heaven episode called Helpers from Heaven. In this podcast, I shared stories from my own life that illustrate the helpers from heaven that God provides to us.

God assigned a guardian angel to you at the moment you were conceived in your mother’s womb. And we also have the holy Saints who have gone on before us who are now our helpers from heaven.

Maybe you haven’t listened to this episode yet or maybe you need a reminder that your guardian angel wants to do more for you than you realize. Listen to the audio @ gnm.org/footsteps73. Or watch the video @ gnm-media.org/helpers-from-heaven.

Next Smart Event:
Mystical Union with Christ through the Holy Rosary

Now available! In honor of October as the month of the Holy Rosary, Good News Ministries is providing a SmartCatholics Academy course for learning how to experience the Rosary as your own personal mystical union with Christ.

Arise! Come and find rest and restoration with the One who calls you His beloved. What has wearied you? What are your troubles? Arise! Come and experience the joy of deeper union with Christ your Healer!

Using the Mysteries of the Rosary, we will rise to new heights of faith, hope and love. Your healing will come as you listen to these presentations.

Mystical Union with Christ through the Rosary is hosted by the SmartCatholics free online Academy. The lessons are audio podcasts. Discussion questions will help the teachings sink deeper as you share your answers with other students and read what they post. At the end of the course, you’ll receive a Certificate of Celebration — whoohooo!

Register for SmartCatholics and join this free course @ members.smartcatholics.com/courses/5889552.

2021 October’s Rosary Campaign

Who are you praying for because they left the Catholic Faith? We all know people who believe the lies of the Devil. Our loved ones come to mind first. Are we also praying for politicians, school teachers, co-workers, church leaders and others who claim to be Catholic but are living and proclaiming what goes against the teachings of scripture and the Church Magisterium?

In light of everything that’s happening in our world today and what might soon happen, we must-must-must do many prayers and penances and sacrifices for the unfaithful. Join our annual Holy Rosary Campaign by filling out the form @ gnm.org/prayers/rosary-campaign.

You might also want to use our special adaptation of the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary for Conversions @ gnm.org/prayers/pray-the-rosary/luminous-mysteries.

As you know October is the Month of the Holy Rosary. We can expect many blessings from God when we offer up our daily Rosary for those who have been unfaithful to the Lord.

The Incredible Truth About Your Guardian Angel
(new podcast)

Do you know that you have a guardian angel, one that was specially chosen for you by God, and that your angel wants to have a better relationship with you? Your angel is delighted to help you. The more you ask for your angel’s help, the more your friendship grows.

Listen to this 12-minute podcast @ gnm.org/footsteps90.

Or watch the video @ gnm-media.org/the-incredible-truth-about-your-guardian-angel. Or if you prefer to read it, download the transcript at this link.

Evangelize and build the faith of others by sharing your stories in the comments. Tell about how your guardian angel has helped you!

God bless you!

Every morning, I lift up in prayer everyone who helps Good News Ministries in any way (donors, volunteers, prayer supporters, etc.) and all the prayer requests posted on our site. What can I cover in prayer for you? Post your prayer request.

How else can the team and I serve you today? Visit our homepage.

Thank you for reading this newsletter.

Your servant in Christ,
Terry Modica, Executive Director
Good News Ministries
gnm.org

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Keep your eyes on Jesus!
And when you have to look at others, see them through his eyes.