By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Jan 12, 2024
Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org.
Somewhere along the way I developed a relationship with my own personal guardian angel which goes beyond rattling off the “Angel of God” prayer. I think I first noticed this in my mid-30s, which is about the time I finally realized that I could not simply bull my way through life on my own strength. Some of us are a little slow.
Anyway, at a certain point I became convinced that my angel’s name is “Joshua”. I can’t prove it, but I am absolutely certain that he does not object to me calling him by that name. (He’s allowed to call me “Jeff”, too, though the tone in which he says it…varies.) I don’t think I’ve ever had an unmistakable mental conversation with Joshua, and yet there is an almost instantaneous give-and-take there which I consider more than merely imaginative—a sign of God’s love conveyed by a personal emissary. …
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Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org.