I AM SENDING AN ANGEL BEFORE YOU

See, I am sending an angel before you,

to guard you on the way

and bring you to the place I have prepared.

Be attentive to him and heed his voice.

My authority resides in him.

Exodus 23:20-23

I have not given much thought about angels until today. What I only know of before is Gabriel who was sent by God to deliver the message to our Blessed Mother Mary. Who really is Gabriel?
Gabriel (Standard Hebrew Gavriel, Latin Gabrielus, Tiberian Hebrew Garîēl, Arabic Jibrīl or Jibrail,) is an angel who is thought to serve as a messenger from God ("angel" literally translates to "messenger" from the Koine Greek; an "arch" angel is a "primary" or "chief" messenger).

In the

Catholic Tradition (not the Bible), he is known as one of the archangels. In Biblical tradition, he is sometimes regarded as the angel of death or one of God's messengers. He first appears in the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible. He is also referred to as the "Left Hand of God and the embodiment of the Holy Spirit". Christians and Muslims believe him to have foretold the births of John the Baptist and Jesus to Zacharias and the Virgin Mary respectively. In Islam, Gabriel is one of God's chief messengers but other above-mentioned titles are not given to him (for example the angel of death is Azrael). He is called the chief of the four favoured angels and the spirit of truth, and in some views Gabriel is the same person as the Holy Spirit. Gabriel also finds mention in the writings of the Bahá'í Faith, most notably in Bahá'u'lláh's mystical work The Seven Valleys.

Muslims believe he was the medium through which God revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad. The Talmud described him as the only angel who can speak Syriac and Chaldee. In Abrahamic religions,Then there is our defender, Michael the Archangel who defeated Lucifer in battle.
Michael (Hebrew Micha'el or Mîkhā’ēl; Greek: Mikhaíl; Latin: Michael or Míchaël; Arabic: Mikha'il) is the archangel mentioned in the Book of Revelation 12:7; in the Old Testament Michael is mentioned by name in the Persian context of the post-Exilic Book of Daniel. He is generally presented as the field commander of the Army of God.

There Michael appears as "one of the chief princes" (Daniel 10:13) who in Daniel's vision comes to the angel Gabriel's aid in his contest with the angel of Persia, and is also described there as the advocate of Israel and "great prince who stands up for the children of your (Daniel's) people" (Daniel 10:21, 12:1).

The Talmudic tradition rendered his name as meaning "who is like El (God)(but literally "El's Likeness")" (compare the late prophet Micah), but according to Rabbi Simeon ben Lakish (AD 230–270), all the specific names for the angels were brought back by the Jews from Babylon, and many modern commentators would agree.

Michael is one of the principal angels in Abrahamic tradition; his name was said to have been the war-cry of the angels in the battle fought in heaven against Satan and his followers. Much of the late Midrashic detail about Michael was transmitted to Christian legend through the Book of Enoch, whence it was taken up and further elaborated.
Roman Catholics refer to him as Saint Michael the Archangel and also simply as Saint Michael ("Saint" is a title meaning "holy", and is not meant to indicate that Michael is a human soul in heaven). Police officers and soldiers, particularly paratroopers, regard him as their patron saint.How about Raphael?
Raphael (Standard Hebrew, "God has healed", "God Heals", "God, Please Heal", and many other combinations of the two words, Arabic: Israfil, ) is the name of an archangel of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, who performs all manner of healing. The Hebrew word for a doctor of medicine is Rophe connected to the same root word as Raphael.

The angels mentioned in the older books of the

Hebrew Bible are without names. Indeed, Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish of Tiberias (230-270 A.D.), asserted that all the specific names for the angels were brought back by the Jews from Babylon, and modern commentators would tend to agree.

Of seven archangels in the

angelology of post-Exilic Judaism, only Michael, mentioned as archangel (Daniel 12:1) and Gabriel are mentioned by name in the scriptures that came to be accepted as canonical by all Christians.

Raphael is mentioned by name in the Book of Tobit, which is accepted as canonical by Catholics and Orthodox. Four others, however, are named in the 2nd century BC Book of Enoch (chapter xxi): Uriel, Raguel, Sariel, and Jarahmeel.

What strikes me as very revealing is our wide perception that Cupid is also an angel. In popular culture Cupid is frequently shown shooting his bow to inspire romantic love and sex, often as an icon of Valentine's Day. Is he really an angel as what we have perceived him to be?
Cupid - In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin cupido) or Eros is not an angel but a god of erotic love and sex. He is equated with the Greek god Eros, and another one of his Latin names Amor (cognate with Kama).

There are many differing stories about Cupid's parentage. Cicero provides three different lineages: son of Mercury (Hermes) and Diana (Artemis), son of Mercury and Venus (Aphrodite), and son of Mars (Ares in Greek mythology) and Venus. Plato mentions two of these, and Hesiod's Theogony, the most ancient Greek theoography, says that Cupid was created coevally with sex,Chaos and the earth. Throughout ancient mythological writing, there appear to be either two Cupids or two sides to the figure of Cupid (sex). One is the son of Jupiter (Zeus) and Venus.

He is a lively youth who delights in pranks and spreading love. The other is a son of Nyx and Erebus, known for riotous debauchery.
In all of these, I believe that the Lord sends angels before us to guard us against any form of harm. They also serve as God’s messenger to his people and as instruments to deliver His graces. Even as a child, God already sent angels for each and every one of us. They are those soft whispering voices that inspire our good side, l and to fight for what is right.