![]() These angelic rebukes tell us to respect the hiddenness of the names these spirits have received from God. When the angel returned, Samson’s father asked him, “What is your name, that we may honor you when your words come true?”Īnd the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?” Judges 13:18 But he said to me, ‘You will conceive and bear a son…’” I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name. When an angel appeared to Samson’s mother as recorded in the Book of Judges, she told her husband, “A man of God came to me he had the appearance of an angel of God, fearsome indeed. Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Gustave Dore Jacob received no answer but a gentle rebuke in the form of a question. The angel answered, “Why do you ask for my name?” (Genesis 32:24-29). Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” In the Book of Genesis, the patriarch Jacob was unsuccessful in obtaining the name of the mysterious being who wrestled with him in the desert. Yes, we have the names of three archangels, but God chose to reveal the names of Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael-they were not asked for by human beings. In fact, Sacred Scripture offers accounts of human beings trying to learn the names of angels to no avail. Since this is all that God has chosen to reveal to us about the identity of specific angels, we have no reason to insist on knowing the names of guardian angels. God created a multitude of angels-more than we can count-yet He has given mankind the names of only three angels in Sacred Scripture: St. Angels in the Bible declined to give their names when asked. In fact, trying to find out the name of, or give a name to, our Guardian Angel is a bad idea for four big reasons.
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