Guardians · Feast day October 2
The Holy Guardian Angels
The feast day of The Holy Guardian Angels is October 2, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of all under their care.
| Feast day | October 2 |
|---|---|
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Guardians |
| Patron of | all under their care |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
‘See to it that you do not despise even one of these little ones,’ the Lord said, ‘for I say to you, that their Angels in heaven continually look upon the face of my Father.’ From those words the Church has always held that each of the faithful is given an angel as guardian and shepherd toward life.
The feast, kept since the seventeenth century, honors these unseen companions — and the humbling truth that heaven attends to every single soul.
Patron of
Tradition invokes The Holy Guardian Angels as patron of all under their care.
Patronages are traditional, not an official list. All patron saints in Bless, A to Z.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows The Holy Guardian Angels. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. The Holy Guardian Angels keeps October 2 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of October.
All the saints of October Born on October 2? A saint for every day
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