Monday, October 2nd
Feast of the Guardian Angels
Jesus said, "I tell you solemnly, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Anyone who welcomes a little child like this in
My Name welcomes Me"
Matthew 18:1-4

In the open and joyful expectation of the child is the first point of seeking and becoming a worthy likeness to a subject in the Father's Kingdom. For your Heavenly Father desires to give all His children - every one of them - the blessings of his love.

How trustful is the happy child of good and caring parents! So must the Father's beloved children be confident in His loving purpose and in His willingness and ability to endow His child with all that is necessary in all things.

And joyfully trustful in all things, the happy child learns the wisdom and the safety of obedience, accepting censure when he forgets or wilfully disobeys the loving pattern put before him and asking forgiveness for the failure in love.

So does the child arrive in time at the stage of responsibility for himself and his actions, never ceasing to look for guidance and loving care from his parents. And the mature disciple of the Heavenly Father similarly grows into loving trust and trusting love.

I am in the hearts and minds of the children of the Father . It is I who look through their joyful or suffering eyes at the world, and the children of the Father welcome me and join in My loving ministry.