The Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels
October 2 Today is the The Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels. The solemnity of September 29 celebrates the praises of all the nine glorious choirs, yet the piety of the faithful, in the latter ages, desired to have a special day consecrated to the Guardian Angels. Several churches having taken the initiative, and kept the Feast under various rites and on different days, Paul V (I (1608) authorized its celebration ad libitum. Clement X (1670) established it by precept …