"Pinocchio dreams of becoming a real boy, and to do so he must be 'brave, true, and unselfish,' just as the Blue Fairy says. But because Pinocchio doesn't know right from wrong yet, the Fairy commissions Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's conscience. So begins Disney's animated tale of Pinocchio.
"In this world, humans seek to become 'real,' too: by becoming saints in heaven, since saints are more truly human than those still seeking perfection. To become a saint, a person, by the grace of God, must be brave, true, and unselfish, just as the Blue Fairy - and Scripture - say. For man's journey, God grants something much greater than an insect attendant, however: over each soul He places its own guardian angel 'to light and guard, to rule and guide.' Just as Pinocchio uses an animated cricket to characterize one's conscience, so too have the guardian angels received their own cartoonish depictions. While the angel-on-the-shoulder caricature fails to display the angels' true majesty, this depiction does demonstrate two important characteristics of angels. It shows both their ministerial role and the hostility that exists between these conscientious companions and their conniving counterparts."
In a recent commentary, Brother Ignatius Weiss, O.P., on the role of our guardian angels in our lives.
To access Br. Ignatius' complete post, please visit:
Dominicana: If Jiminy Cricket Had a Halo (2 OCT 15)
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