Guardian angel accompanies a person throughout life. It is given through the sacrament of baptism. And after baptism, a fierce struggle for the soul of a person begins.
Who is fighting with whom? An unclean spirit or demon. He does not sleep, trying to take possession of the human soul. An angel is protecting her. Here comes the battle.
Which shoulder is the angel sitting on, and which is the demon? And how do they fight each other? Let's find out.
Angel is our helper
What is included in the task of the guardian angel, we have listed above. If a person leads a correct and God-pleasing life, angels take his soul after death.
We often upset our invisible guardian. How? Own sins. Let's explain with an example.
Imagine that you have a ward. Let's say it's a child. And he constantly defecates. You should be near him, but there is no way to wash the baby. So you have to breathe in the "aromas" emanating from the child. He doesn't smell at all.which exudes. Smell problems. Joyfully plays, cooing and relieves time after time.
Ugh, how disgusting! It's unpleasant to be around such a creature, isn't it?
Now you understand how our angel feels? When we sin, we are like the child in the example. Our sins emit a fetid odor. And make the angel move away from us. He cries but can't do anything. And it’s impossible to leave us completely, and it’s impossible to be near us.
By the way, which shoulder is the guardian angel sitting on? It is believed to be on the right. And when he flies away from us, then the devil enters the scene.
The devil is our doom
Why doom? Because its main goal is to drag the human soul into hell. And he is working with might and main, trying to realize this.
How does the impure work? Tempting a person, inviting him to commit a sin. Of course, the word "offering" here must not be considered in the sense that it says. No, just skillfully pushes.
For example, a person knows that fornication is a terrible sin. This is where the unclean spirit comes into play. He begins to put all sorts of fantasies into his thoughts. The body responds to these fantasies. As a result, a person commits a sin. Bes only needs this. He rejoices and rejoices, while the angel stands aside and cries bitterly.
Which side of the shoulder does the angel sit on and which side does the demon take? According to the legends that we were told in childhood, the angel occupies the entire right shoulder. Unclean, respectively, left.
Why shoulders
The angel and the demon on his shoulders symbolize the struggle between good and evil. But why are shoulders chosen as their habitat? Which shoulder is the angel on?
For that matter, not on the shoulder, but behind the shoulder. It is believed that a person is walking, followed by a guardian angel and an unclean spirit. Angel on the right, demon on the left.
What is the reason for this? The thing is that the right side is sacred. We are baptized with our right hand, we hang the icons of the house in the right corner (to the East). Even the word "truth" comes from the word "right". And a believer who lives according to the commandments of God, we call a righteous man. Since it all starts with the right hand, then the angel was also placed here. Welcome on the right side supposedly.
Now let's talk about the left side. The heart appears to be on the left. Why shouldn't an angel walk on it? To be closer to the heart?
The questions are rhetorical, because everything bad is connected with the left side. If a person does not have a good day, they say that he got up on his left foot. Left-handed people are wary, at least it used to be. Trash and dishonest income is called "left" money.
It is clear that the left is bad. Besu is the place behind the left shoulder, he is bad.
What do the priests say?
If you ask a priest a question about which shoulder a person's guardian angel sits on, the priest will be a little surprised. Although it is unlikely: our priests are accustomed to everything, no matter what they are asked.
And what do they say about this? The division into right and left shoulder is symbolic. In fact, the world is not divided according to the axis of the human body. Everything is much deeper and more complex than we think.
What is the conclusion?
Answering children's questions about which shoulder the angel sits on, parents mislead children. This is, of course, light sarcasm. Of course, the child needs to explain some things at a primitive level. But growing up, one should think about the fact that not everything is so simple. Including the issue of finding angels and demons next to us.
Angel does not sit on the shoulder. He is invisible to us. As well as the demon does not occupy the left shoulder. He's just waiting for us to follow his lead again. And drive the angel away from us with this.
How to be baptized?
Once we figured out which shoulder our angel sits on, now let's talk about the sign of the cross.
Catholics are baptized from left to right. We are the opposite. Detailed instructions below:
- Put three fingers of the right hand together. Large, index and middle. We get a pinch.
- Touch this pinch on the forehead, then move on to the stomach. Touching the navel.
- After that, touch the right shoulder.
- Then - to the left.
- Lower your hand, make a waist bow.
It's very simple, right? I would like, since we are talking about the correctness of the sign of the cross, to recall one interesting superstition. It's so absurd it's impossible not to mention it.
Did you know that Catholics transplant the demon on the right shoulder? Are they chasing the angel? It's themdo when they are baptized from left to right. Now you know.
How to pray to an angel?
On which shoulder does our angel sit? He doesn't sit, he works. Protects us fools, tries to save us from sin. And we, instead of turning to him prayerfully, drive away our intercessor.
When do you call an angel? In any situation: at the moment of danger, when it is hard and bad, at the moment of illness. Call your baptismal guardian.
What prayer words are needed for this? Probably, a prayer to an angel is very difficult? Not at all. Remember these words:
Holy Guardian Angel, Pleaser of God, pray to God for me a sinner/sinner.
Only nine words. It's not that hard to remember, right?
Speak to the angel more often and don't forget to thank him. For being there. He does not leave us, but patiently waits for the wards to pay attention to his calls. Let's not listen to the unclean tempter, but turn with all our hearts to our angel.
Conclusion
Today we dispelled another misconception about which shoulder an angel and a demon sit on. All these divisions "on the shoulders" are suitable for explaining to young children. We are adults, and we must understand that everything is much deeper than our children's ideas about the world.
