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

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: OurGuardians in Spiritual Battle, which he describes as “a user-friendly, easy toread map” that can help us see where the angels lead us.Msgr. Bransfield tells of first meeting angels as a child and continues with anexploration of the role angels play in our lives, their power, and what theirinvisibility 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 andthey serve as our guardian,” states Msgr. Bransfield. He lists the threecommon misconceptions regarding angels and how misguided expectationscan place a burden upon us.Jesus was ministered to by angels when he hit rock bottom and we can besure 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 thethe reality of these unseen beings.Find Msgr. Bransfield's book  Angels: Our Guardians in Spiritual BattleMeet us in AustinJoin us at one of our other Freedom in Christ conferences in 2024Check out Unbound and find other resourcesRelease: January 2024Music by Christian HarperArtwork by Rosemary StrohmProduction by Henry Aquino