Behold I Send an Angel Before You (Ex 23:20) | Guardian Angel With Cross & Sword IconoGraphic | Orthodox Christian Canvas ArtBehold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. Exodus 23: 20 For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge. No evils shall come upon thee, and no scourge shall draw night to thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a

Stratman in Prayers from the Ancient Celtic Church)

casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God

” says the Lord

healing them in the name of Jesus Christ

The skies above open themselves to a different kind of perception

he would become a follower of Christ and receive Baptism

' in order that the whole prison should become useless

” This is the true and perfect and unending health which is not refreshed by corruptible pleasure when it fails through earthly weakness but is maintained by heavenly strength and made young by eternal incorruptibility

so that thou and I remain

Hermippus and Hermocrates

+ St Gregory Palamas

Listen to what Solomon in his wisdom says: “Do vigorously everything your hand can do