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“You’re a mommy to an angel.” “She received her angel wings.” “Now he’s your guardian angel.”
These words are often spoken with tenderness and a sincere desire to comfort a grieving parent. But are they what the Catholic Church actually teaches about our children who have died?
This free resource gently explores the important difference between angels and human beings, why our children do not become angels when they die, and why the truth of our Catholic faith offers something even more beautiful. Our children were created as human persons—body and soul—and our Christian hope is rooted not in becoming angels, but in Christ, eternal life, the Communion of Saints, and the resurrection of the body.
Created especially for grieving parents and families, Why Our Babies Are Not Angels helps bring clarity to common language surrounding child loss while offering a deeper understanding of the dignity of your child and the extraordinary hope held for us in the Catholic faith.
Because your baby does not need angel wings to be precious, known, and eternally loved by God.
Licensed Use & Copyright: This resource is copyright protected and licensed for use by the individual purchaser or household. You are welcome to return to and use it as often as needed throughout your grief journey. It may be printed for personal use, but may not be copied, shared, reproduced, distributed, uploaded, or used by a parish, ministry, support group, or organization without written permission or an appropriate license from Red Bird Ministries.
“You’re a mommy to an angel.” “She received her angel wings.” “Now he’s your guardian angel.”
These words are often spoken with tenderness and a sincere desire to comfort a grieving parent. But are they what the Catholic Church actually teaches about our children who have died?
This free resource gently explores the important difference between angels and human beings, why our children do not become angels when they die, and why the truth of our Catholic faith offers something even more beautiful. Our children were created as human persons—body and soul—and our Christian hope is rooted not in becoming angels, but in Christ, eternal life, the Communion of Saints, and the resurrection of the body.
Created especially for grieving parents and families, Why Our Babies Are Not Angels helps bring clarity to common language surrounding child loss while offering a deeper understanding of the dignity of your child and the extraordinary hope held for us in the Catholic faith.
Because your baby does not need angel wings to be precious, known, and eternally loved by God.
Licensed Use & Copyright: This resource is copyright protected and licensed for use by the individual purchaser or household. You are welcome to return to and use it as often as needed throughout your grief journey. It may be printed for personal use, but may not be copied, shared, reproduced, distributed, uploaded, or used by a parish, ministry, support group, or organization without written permission or an appropriate license from Red Bird Ministries.
