#12694 What Can Angels Do for Us? Guardian Angels and Grace - Fr. Mike Driscoll

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🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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“What can angels do for us?” This question opens a discussion on the role of angels in our daily lives, including how they might help us feel more connected to our guardian angels. Other topics include the nature of angelic communication with the deceased, the reasons behind God’s creation of angels, and the intriguing portrayal of angels in art versus scripture.

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Questions Covered:

02:10 – What Can Angels Do in our Daily Lives?
12:55 – My grandparents died in 2006. Can my grandparents communicate with me through angels? SENDS Secrets from heaven.
17:59 – How can you feel more connected to your guardian angel?
22:05 – Do we know why God created angels?
29:39 – Do angels give grace, or help in distributing graces?
33:32 – Can you comment on why angels are portrayed in art as little babies with wings, but in the Bible they seem like they would actually be frightening?
36:14 – Can you comment on the angels’ reaction in the book of Job?
44:35 – When we say the prayer to our guardian angel, ever this day be “at my side,” what does that really mean since angels are in heaven?
48:20 – How do our guardian angels protect us? The way the Bible describes them it seems like they would be too big.
50:04 – What do I call my guardian angel?
51:52 – Aquinas says angels don’t know your thoughts. If that is true then how do guardian angels know what you are thinking?

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back.
0:31.4	As promised, Father Mike Driscoll is our guest this hour.
0:35.6	His new book is Angelic Answers, Everything You Need to
0:40.1	know about God's heavenly messengers, guardians, and guides. If you want to talk about angels,
0:45.9	whether you're Catholic or not, whether you're Christian or not, if you've got a question about
0:49.0	angels, 8883187-884, AAA 3187-884. His previous book was Demons, Deliverance, and Discernment. So he has moved from demons to angels. I think it's an upgrade. I think it's an improvement. I think he's showing clear progress. He's also a priest of the diocese of Peoria, where he is currently the pastor of
1:12.1	Padre Pio Parish. Father Mike Driscoll, thank you very much for being here with us.
1:16.7	Thank you. So you did Fallen Angels first in your first book, and now you're, you've gone to
1:24.8	our heavenly friends. Definitely.
1:28.3	I had gotten a counseling degree and I had done a dissertation
1:33.3	how Catholic exorcists distinguished demon possession and mental disorders.
1:37.3	So that led to the demons.
1:39.3	So that led to the demons book, but as you are implying, I just want to get rid of that. So got to do angels.
1:47.0	By the way, your questions about angels are welcome. I know people love to talk about angels. That's why I was excited when this book came out. Angelic answers. Everything you need to know about God's heavenly, messengers, guardians, and gods. Have you got an angel question? 8883187-884 is our number 8883118-7-884.
2:09.1	Let me just make this all about me. What can angels do for me? Or maybe in a more general way,
2:16.2	it doesn't have to be all about me. What is the role
2:18.8	of angels in our daily lives? What do they do? What can they do in our daily lives?
2:24.1	You know, it's God's providence, because of course, God can do anything he wants. And sometimes
2:30.6	we might hear a Christian who's not a Catholic, say, well, don't ask angels, just ask God.
2:35.8	Well, that's pretty limiting.
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