Angels and Saints - Who They Are and Why They Matter

In Angels and Saints, Klein explains that these heavenly companions are gifts from God. They are our friends and are joined to us in the mystical Body of Christ. They invite us to love God and each other perfectly as they do.

In this book, you also will learn that

• Angels appear throughout the Bible in many forms.

• The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that angels are perfect, immortal, have souls, and are as individual as humans.

• Both the Old and New Testaments provide strong evidence that each one of us has a guardian angel.

• The Communion of Saints refers to the Church, the Body of Christ of which we are a part. This means we have true contact and unity with all members of the Church, both living and dead.

• No matter your state in life, you can find a canonized saint very like you.

• When we pray to saints, we are really asking them to pray to God on our behalf.

• Relics are the remains of saints, including their body or parts of it, clothing or items they have used, or something put into contact with the saint's body or one of its parts. Relics are mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments.

• A saint's feast day is the day of their death--the day they entered eternal life.