The Guardian Angel prayer asks the angel God gives each of us to stay beside us, light our way and keep us safe. It’s a favorite bedtime prayer for children because it’s short, it rhymes, and it reminds them they are never alone in the dark.
Pray it with Clara
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.
A traditional Catholic prayer. Jesus said that children’s angels “always see the face of my Father” (Matthew 18:10).
Pray it with Clara at bedtime, in the Little Prayer Stories app.Get the app →Say it after the lights go out. It’s the right moment for a prayer about not being alone.
Say one line and let your child say the rhyme that answers it. The rhymes do most of the remembering.
Angels are God’s messengers and helpers. Ask your child where they’d like their angel to help them tomorrow.
Yes. The Church teaches that “from its beginning until death human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession” (Catechism 336), and Jesus spoke of children’s angels in Matthew 18:10.
October 2. The archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael have their own feast on September 29.
