On the Mysterious Edge: Understanding Angels with Msgr. Brian Bransfield and Matt Lozano

Open Doors: Conversations with Heart of the Father

Do you ever think about angels or just wonder about divine mysteries?
In this fascinating episode, we hear from Msgr. Brian Bransfield who served as the General Secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2015 to 2020. He's a priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has his doctorate in moral theology, and is the author of many books including his recent Angels: Our
Guardians in Spiritual Battle, which he describes as “a user-friendly, easy to
read map” that can help us see where the angels lead us.
Msgr. Bransfield tells of first meeting angels as a child and continues with an
exploration of the role angels play in our lives, their power, and what their
invisibility suggests to us.
We learn what angels aren’t - ghosts, phantoms, fiction - and what they are
- real, personal beings, created by God who are present to assist us.
“The holy angels always begin something in us and they beckon us farther and
they serve as our guardian,” states Msgr. Bransfield. He lists the three
common misconceptions regarding angels and how misguided expectations
can place a burden upon us.
Jesus was ministered to by angels when he hit rock bottom and we can be
sure that God has given us these special helpers as well to challenge, coach,
protect and help us to follow the light of Jesus.
Don’t wing it in your assumptions about angels. Listen and understand the
the reality of these unseen beings.
Find Msgr. Bransfield's book Angels: Our Guardians in Spiritual Battle
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Release: January 2024
Music by Christian Harper
Artwork by Rosemary Strohm
Production by Henry Aquino