Guardian angel accompanies a person throughout his life. It is given through the sacrament of baptism. And after baptism, a fierce struggle for the soul of man begins.
Who is fighting with whom? Unclean spirit, or demon. He does not sleep, trying to take possession of the human soul. An angel guards her. So the battle breaks out.
On which shoulder does the angel sit, and on which is the demon? And how do they fight each other? Let's find out.
Angel is our assistant
What is included in the task of the guardian angel, we have listed above. If a person leads a righteous and pious life, after death his angels take his soul.
We often upset our invisible guardian. How? Own sins. Let's explain with an example.
Imagine that you have a ward. Let's say this is 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 "aromas" emanating from the child. But he does not feel the smell that exudes. Problems with smell. Joyfully plays, aguka and over and over again relieves the need.
Phew, what a nasty thing! It’s unpleasant to be near such a creature, right?
Now you understand what our angel is? When we sin, we look like a child from an example. Our sins emit a stinking amber. And make the angel move away from us. He is crying, but can do nothing. And you can’t completely leave us, and it’s impossible to be near.
By the way, on which shoulder does the guardian angel sit? It is believed to be on the right. And when he flies away from us, a demon enters the scene.
Demon is doom for us
Why doom? Because his main goal is to drag the human soul into hell. And he works with might and main, trying to realize this.
How does the unclean act? Tempting a person, inviting him to commit a sin. Of course, the word "offering" here should not be considered in the sense that it says. No, just skillfully pushing.
For example, a person knows that fornication is a terrible sin. Here an unclean spirit is included in the work. He begins to lay in his mind all sorts of fantasies. The body reacts to these fantasies. As a result, a person commits a sin. The demon only needs this. He rejoices and rejoices, while the angel stands apart and cries bitterly.
On which side of the shoulder does the angel sit, and which side does the demon occupy? According to the legends told to us in childhood, an angel occupies the entire right shoulder. Unclean, respectively, left.
Why exactly shoulders
An angel and a demon on their shoulders symbolize the struggle between good and evil. But why are their shoulders chosen? What shoulder is the angel on?
For that matter, then not on the shoulder, but on the shoulder. It is believed that a person is walking, and he is followed by a guardian angel and an unclean spirit. The angel on the right, the demon on the left.
What is the reason for this? The thing is that the right side is sacred. We are baptized with the right hand, we hang the house icons in the right corner (to the East). Even the word "truth" comes from the word "right." And we believe that a believer who lives according to the commandments of God is righteous. Since it all starts with the right hand, then they put the angel here. Welcome on the right side allegedly.
Now let's talk about the left side. It seems that the heart is located on the left. Why shouldn't an angel walk on it? To be closer to your heart?
The questions are rhetorical, for everything bad is connected with the left side. If a person does not have a good day, they say that he got up from his left foot. Left-handed people are wary, at least it used to be. Hackwork and dishonest income are called "left" money.
It is clear that the left is bad. The demon is the place behind his left shoulder, he is bad.
What do the priests say?
If you ask the priest a question about which shoulder the guardian angel is sitting on, the priest will be slightly surprised. Although unlikely: our priests are familiar with everything, which they just do not ask.
And what do they say about this? The division into the right and left shoulder is symbolic. In fact, the world does not divide according to the axis of the human body. Everything is much deeper and more complex than it seems to us.
What is the conclusion?
Answering children's questions about which shoulder an angel sits on, parents mislead the children. This, of course, is easy sarcasm. Clear business, the child needs to explain some things at a primitive level. But growing up, we should think about the fact that not everything is so simple. Including in the matter of finding angels and demons near us.
The angel does not sit on the shoulder. He is invisibly near us. As well as the demon does not occupy the left shoulder. He just waits for when we go about his next occasion. And we drive away the angel from it.
How to be baptized?
Since we found out on which shoulder our angel sits, now let’s talk about the sign of the Cross.
Catholics are baptized from left to right. We are the other way around. Detailed instructions below:
Add three fingers of the right hand together. Large, index and medium. We get a pinch.
We touch this pinch of forehead, then go to the stomach. We touch the belly button.
After that, touch the right shoulder.
Then to the left.
Lower your hand, make a bow bow.
Everything is very simple, right? I would like, once it came to the correctness of the sign of the Cross, to recall one interesting superstition. It is so absurd that it is impossible not to mention.
Did you know that Catholics transplant a demon on their right shoulder? Are they driving the angel away? They do this 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 is not sitting, he is working. Protects us, stupid, from sin trying to save. And we, instead of addressing him prayerfully, drive away our intercessor away.
When do they turn to an angel? In any situation: at the time of danger, when it is difficult and bad, at the time of illness. Call your guardian given at baptism.
What words of prayer are needed for this? Perhaps the prayer to the angel is very difficult? Not at all. Remember these words:
Holy Guardian Angel, Pleasure of God, pray to God for me sinful / sinful.
Just nine words. Remembering is not so difficult, right?
Turn to the angel more often and do not forget to thank him. For being there. He does not abandon us, but patiently waits for the wards to pay attention to his calls. Let us not listen to the unclean adversary, but turn with all our souls to our angel.
Conclusion
Today, we have dispelled yet another misconception as to which shoulder the angel and the 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.