13 Angels in Christianity

13 Angels in Christianity

Two weeks ago I gave a presentation on angels as they appear in literature; at that time I suggested the idea that the language of art and the language of angels share so many common features as to be indistinguishable from each other. Last week I gave a cursory survey of angels as they figure into the doctrines and mythologies of many world religions. Today we will explore the role and significance of angels in the Christian cosmography.

There is one thing we must make perfectly clear at the outset, and that is: the fact that angels are described in so many different languages, in many different idioms, and are described in terms of culturally specific stereotypes does NOT mean they are somehow UNREAL. The image may be culturally specific, but the spiritual reality is universal--it is the same for any man on Earth. Indeed the universal presence of angels in the world collective mind does nothing but affirm their existence. I must emphatically attest that angels are real in every sense of the word, including the tangible reality of the physical dimension. Moreover, the interplay of higher and lower dimensions, as it runs through the entirety of creation, can not be more aptly symbolized than by the example of the relationship of angels to Man; angels crowd cosmic space with their benevolent (and malevolent) energies, and influence our thoughts and feelings in every moment of our lives. Thus, directing our attention to them cannot be thought of as less than of supreme importance, in developing our spiritual sensitivities.

In the following presentation we will cite MANY very REAL examples of angelic interaction with Man, and with Jesus.

As usual, we will begin with an overview taken off the internet:
The following is taken from The truth about angelic beings--What does the Bible really teach about angels? by Dr. Paul Eymann:

"Who or what are angels?
The word “angel” actually comes from the Greek word aggelos, which means “messenger.” The matching Hebrew word mal'ak has the same meaning."

[Sidebar: Two weeks ago I failed to emphasize the role of angelic messengers in my discussion of art and angelic language. Clearly, if angels bring us messages from the Divine, then the messages contained in artistic creations must be thought of as messages from Heaven. Again I refer to the idea that I make no distinction between church music and secular music--it is ALL sacred to me.

Back to Eymann:]

"Sometimes, the Bible uses these words for human beings: ordinary people who carry messages ·    prophets
·    priests
·    church leaders
Sometimes, it speaks figuratively of things or events as “messengers”…
·    the pillar of cloud
·    pestilence or plagues

But it usually describes the whole range of spirits whom God has created, including both good and evil angels, and special categories such as cherubim, seraphim, and the archangel.

Angels are mentioned at least 108 times in the Old Testament and 165 times in the New Testament. Hence, there is ample information available in Scripture to allow us to build a foundation for our knowledge of angelic beings.
Origin of angels
The Scripture speaks about the creation of angels, therefore, it is clear that they have not existed from all eternity (Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 148:2,5). Colossians 1:16-17 explains:

“For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created by Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

The time of their creation is never definitely specified, but it is most probable that it occurred in connection with the creation of the heavens in Genesis 1:1. It may be that God created the angels immediately after He had created the heavens and before He created the earth—for according to Job 38:4-7, “the sons of God shouted for joy” when He laid the foundations of the earth."

 The Bible describes the function of angels as "messengers" but does not indicate when the creation of angels occurred. Some Christians believe that angels are created beings, based on (Psalms 148:2-5; Colossians 1:16): "praise ye Him, all His angels: praise ye Him, all His hosts ... for He spoke and they were made. He commanded and they were created ...". The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) declared that the angels were created beings. The Council's decree Firmiter credimus (issued against the Albigenses) declared both that angels were created and that men were created after them. The First Vatican Council (1869) repeated this declaration in Dei Filius, the "Dogmatic constitution on the Catholic faith".

[Sidebar: The question, of WHEN in time the angels were created, has occupied theologians for centuries. It seems dumb to me, because the BEGINNING is a moment OUTSIDE TIME, and is therefore impossible to date. Nevertheless, the number of angels that will fit on the head of a pin continues to be argued in the halls of doctrinal learning and in theological writing. Of especial interest is not so much when the GOOD angels were created, but when the BAD angels were created--this, because the creation of BAD angels coincides with the creation of EVIL.

To add fuel to the fire, so to speak, ha ha, the following excerpt from the Catholic Encyclopedia suggests that Satan may have been pre-ordained to rebel against God, not only FROM the very beginning of Creation, but even BEFORE the beginning. The section has much to say about time and the very instant of creation:

"As might be expected from the attention they had bestowed on the question of the intellectual powers of the angels, the medieval theologians had much to say on the time of their probation. The angelic mind was conceived of as acting instantaneously, not, like the mind of man, passing by discursive reasoning from premises to conclusions. It was pure intelligence as distinguished from reason. Hence it would seem that there was no need of any extended trial.

And in fact we find St. Thomas and Scotus discussing the question whether the whole course might not have been accomplished in the first instant in which the angels were created. The Angelic Doctor argues that the Fall could not have taken place in the first instant. And it certainly seems that if the creature came into being in the very act of sinning the sin itself might be said to come from the Creator."

[Sidebar: Note how this sentence affirms William Blake's theory of contraries,
". . . the very act of sinning the sin itself might be said to come from the Creator."
If that's not a wild suggestion, I don't know what is!

However, remember that we are dealing with a spiritual world in which we encounter paradox at every turn in the road; that no moral imperative can remain untouched or unaltered by the flow of events through a warped window of time; furthermore, remember that Blake insists that it takes positive and negative to make a world, so why should not this characteristic not extend into the domain of the Mind of God; if He made such a world, how could it not?

Back to the Catholic Encyclopedia:]

"But this argument, [that "the very act of sinning the sin itself might be said to come from the Creator"] together with many others, is answered with his accustomed acuteness by Scotus, who maintains the abstract possibility of sin in the first instant.

But whether possible or not, it is agreed that this is not what actually happened. For the authority of the passages in Isaiah and Ezekiel, which were generally accepted as referring to the fall of Lucifer, might well suffice to show that for at least one instant he had existed in a state of innocence and brightness."

The imbroglio of complications surrounding the issue of the fall occurring in the second instant of creation works to support the idea that Satan's function in the cosmogony was an element in the total divine plan from its very inception. If Satan's fall occurred at the very instant of creation then it can be seen, or at least suggested, that the fall of Satan was not an act of pride on the part of the person himself, but was always part of the divine plan in the mind of God before creation. Furthermore this goes to support the idea that, rather than being a rebellious angel, Satan is merely an Angel performing the function for which he was he was created in the first instant by God. It was a dirty job, but SOMEBODY had to do it.


The Wikipedia summary of the subject of angels runs thus:]

CHRISTIANITY
"Just about every sect of Christianity has accepted the angelic beliefs from the Jewish scriptures. There’s further mention of angels are made in the New Testament. It is angels who herald the coming of Christ. In the gospels, it’s an angel that appears to Mary to tell her that she’s with child, and an angel appears to Joseph to tell him that Jesus will be God’s son. It’s also angels that appear to the shepherds in the fields to announce the birth of Christ.

Later Christians inherited Jewish understandings of angels, which in turn may have been partly inherited from the Egyptians. In the early stage, the Christian concept of an angel characterized the angel as a messenger of God. Later came identification of individual angelic messengers: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel, and Lucifer. Then, in the space of little more than two centuries (from the 3rd to the 5th) the image of angels took on definite characteristics both in theology and in art.

According to St Augustine,

" 'Angel' is the name of their office, not of their nature. If you seek the name of their nature, it is 'spirit'; if you seek the name of their office, it is 'angel':

from what they are, 'spirit', from what they do, 'angel'" Basilian Father Thomas Rosica says,

"Angels are very important, because they provide people with an articulation of the conviction that God is intimately involved in human life."

By the late 4th century, the Church Fathers agreed that there were different categories of angels, with appropriate missions and activities assigned to them. There was, however, some disagreement regarding the nature of angels. Some argued that angels had physical bodies, while some maintained that they were entirely spiritual. Some theologians had proposed that angels were not divine but on the level of immaterial beings subordinate to the Trinity. The resolution of this Trinitarian dispute included the development of doctrine about angels.

The angels are represented throughout the Christian Bible as spiritual beings intermediate between God and men:

"You have made man a little less than the angels ..." (Psalms 8:4-5).

Thomas Aquinas (13th century) relates angels to Aristotle's metaphysics in his Summa contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, and in De substantiis separatis, a treatise on angelology. Although angels have greater knowledge than men, they are not omniscient, as Matthew 24:36 points out:

"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."


INTERACTION WITH ANGELS

 Hebrews 13:2

"Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."

The New Testament includes many interactions and conversations between angels and humans.

For instance, three separate cases of angelic interaction deal with the births of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.

In Luke 1:11, an angel appears to Zechariah to inform him that he will have a child despite his old age, thus proclaiming the birth of John the Baptist.

In Luke 1:26 the Archangel Gabriel visits the Virgin Mary in the Annunciation to foretell the birth of Jesus Christ.

Angels then proclaim the birth of Jesus in the Adoration of the shepherds in Luke 2:10.

According to Matthew 4:11, after Jesus spent 40 days in the desert,

"...the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him."

In Matthew 28:5 an angel speaks at the empty tomb, following the Resurrection of Jesus and the rolling back of the stone by angels.

In 1851 Pope Pius IX approved the Chaplet of Saint Michael based on the 1751 reported private revelation from archangel Michael to the Carmelite nun Antonia d'Astonac.

In a biography of Saint Gemma Galgani written by Venerable Germanus Ruoppolo, Galgani stated that she had spoken with her guardian angel.

Pope John Paul II emphasized the role of angels in Catholic teachings in his 1986 address titled "Angels Participate In History Of Salvation", in which he suggested that modern mentality should come to see the importance of angels."

[Sidebar: An undercurrent in the background of this remark about reviving modern consciousness of angels goes back to the Church Scholastics of the 1200s who edited church doctrine so as to de-emphasize what they considered to be the dangerously pervasive SUPERSTITIOUS beliefs in the collective mind. Thus the church itself taught us to mystify rather than affirm the presence of supernatural entities present in out daily lives, just because some people went too far and burned a bunch of witches. This is another example of how the CHURCH has consistently thrown the baby out with the bath.

Back to Wikipedia; what follows is a summary of doctrine, concerning angels, of two Christian denominations, the New Church, and the Church of Latter Day Saints:]

The New Church

"The New Church (or Swedenborgianism) is the name for several historically related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). In the New Church, there is extensive information provided concerning angels and the spiritual world in which they dwell from many years of spiritual experiences recounted in the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg.
All angels are in human form with a spiritual body, and are not just minds without form. There are different orders of angels according to the three heavens, and each angel dwells in one of innumerable societies of angels. Such a society of angels can appear as one angel as a whole. All angels originate from the human race, and there is not one angel in heaven who first did not live in a material body. Moreover, all children who die not only enter heaven but eventually become angels. The life of angels is that of usefulness, and their functions are so many that they cannot be enumerated. However each angel will enter a service according to the use that they had performed in their earthly life.
   
Names of angels, such as Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, signify a particular angelic function rather than an individual being. While living in one's body an individual has conjunction with heaven through the angels, and with each person, there are at least two evil spirits and two angels. Temptation or pains of conscience originates from a conflict between evil spirits and angels. Due to man's sinful nature it is dangerous to have open direct communication with angels and can only be seen when one's spiritual sight has been opened. Thus from moment to moment angels attempt to lead each person to what is good tacitly using the person's own thoughts."

[Sidebar: The idea of angels "using the person's own thoughts" to provide spiritual insight is one of the tricky aspects of this personal experience of angelic communion. Indeed, one of the most daunting issues, encountered by individuals devoted to developing their own spiritual sensitivities, is the problem of how to distinguish thought forms that originate from within their own subjective reality, as opposed to thought forms that originate from OUTSIDE.

The fact is that angels are constantly impressing thought forms on our consciousness—thought forms which we often mistake for our own; when we start intensifying our prayer times with conversations with angels, we sometimes can't distinguish between what WE are thinking and what THEY are thinking. Consequently, the novice will find it difficult to believe in the supernatural character of what he is experiencing; thus, by virtue of his own doubts, he leaves his personal mind field open to invasion by malevolent angels whose purpose is to confound and pervert the otherwise wholesome act of angelic communion. To be sure, the ability to tell the difference between Heavenly and Infernal messages goes hand in hand with what Swedenborg would call "opening the spiritual eye".

To be sure there are telltale signs that enable the experienced devotee to make this distinction, but it takes practice, and it takes many failures before the armor of God is firmly enough in place to permanently ward off Satanic influence entirely.

Back to Wikipedia:

LATTER DAY SAINTS
"ADHERENTS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS (LDS CHURCH) VIEW ANGELS AS THE MESSENGERS OF GOD. THEY ARE SENT TO MANKIND TO DELIVER MESSAGES, MINISTER TO HUMANITY, TEACH DOCTRINES OF SALVATION, CALL MANKIND TO REPENTANCE, GIVE PRIESTHOOD KEYS, SAVE INDIVIDUALS IN PERILOUS TIMES, AND GUIDE HUMANKIND.

Latter Day Saints believe that angels either are the spirits of humans who are deceased or who have yet to be born, or are humans who have
been resurrected or translated and have physical bodies of flesh and bones, and accordingly Joseph Smith taught that

"there are no angels who minister to this earth but those that do belong or have belonged to it."

As such, Latter Day Saints also believe that Adam, the first man, was and is now the archangel Michael, and that Gabriel lived on the earth as Noah. Likewise the Angel Moroni first lived in a pre-Columbian American civilization as the 5th-century prophet-warrior named Moroni.

Joseph Smith, Jr. described his first angelic encounter thus:

"While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a light appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my bedside, standing in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor.

He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant ...

Not only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was glorious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning. The room was exceedingly light, but not so very bright as immediately around his person. When I first looked upon him, I was afraid; but the fear soon left me."

What follows is a complete list of all the New Testament quotations of Jesus referring to angels--it is a short list. There is only ONE New Testament story of a personal encounter of Jesus with angels:

Matthew 18:10:

"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 22:30:

"For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.”

Matthew 25:41:

"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;”

Mark 8:38:

“If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

Luke 12:8-9:

"And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God; but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.”

Luke 15:10:

"In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 16:22:

"Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.”

Luke 20:36:

". . . for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection."

The single account of Jesus in the presence of angels occurs in the Garden of Gethsemane when Jesus is struggling with the decision to submit to His own crucifixion:

Luke 22:41-43:

"He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 'Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.'" An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.”

Just a few minutes later, Roman authorities arrive to arrest Jesus, and one of Jesus’ disciples tries to defend Jesus by cutting off the ear of one of the men in the group. But Jesus responds this way:

Matthew 26:52-54:

"'Put your sword back in its place,'" Jesus said to him, 'for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?"

In a way it is surprising that Jesus mentions angels so few times, if they are so ever-present; but on the other hand, His directive to “pray unceasingly” might be considered to be an indication of His constant contact with Heavenly intelligence.



Back to Wikipedia:

Angels and Guardian Angels in the New Testament
"Many people today are interested in guardian angels and whether or not the Bible teaches that God assigns every person, or every believer, a guardian angel. Although most scholars reject the idea of Guardian Angels, some Bible verses seem to suggest special angelic assignments to individuals, churches and nations:

Matt. 18:10:

“Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.”

In the New Testament, angels appear as the ministers of God and the agents of; and Jesus speaks of angels as fulfilling such functions (Mark 8:38, 13:27), implying in one saying that they neither marry nor are given in marriage (Mark 12:25). Angels are most prominent in the book of Revelation.

Other angelic appearances in Scripture: The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary in the traditional role of messenger to inform her that her child would be the Messiah, and other angels were present to herald his birth. An angel appeared at Jesus' tomb, frightened the Roman guards, rolled away the stone from the tomb, and later told the myrrh-bearing women of Jesus' resurrection. Two angels witnessed Jesus' ascent into Heaven and prophesied his return. When Peter was imprisoned, an angel put his guards to sleep, released him from his chains, and led him out of the prison. Angels fill a number of different roles in the book of Revelation. Among other things, they are seen gathered around the Throne of God singing the "Holy, holy, holy" hymn (Rev. 4-5).

Artistic and Literary Depictions of Angels in Christianity
In art angels are frequently depicted as human in appearance, though many theologians have argued that they have no physical substance. (Hence the frequently recounted tale of Scholastics arguing about how many angels could fit on a pinhead; if angels possess physical bodies, the answer is "a finite number", if they do not, the answer is "an infinite number".) Seraphim are often depicted as six wings radiating from a center — either concealing a body, or without a body.

Beginning in the end of the 4th century, angels were depicted with wings, presumably to convey the idea of swift movement and traveling to and from heaven, or to depict them as spirits. Scholastic theologians teach that angels are able to reason instantly, and to move instantly. They also teach that angels are intermediaries to some forces that would otherwise be natural forces of the universe, such as the rotation of planets and the motion of stars. Angels possess the beatific vision, or the unencumbered understanding of God (the essence of the pleasure of heaven). Furthermore, there are more angels then there are anything else in the universe (although when first written this would have probably not included atoms since atomic structure was not known).

Religious thought about the angels during the middle ages was much influenced by the theory of the angelic hierarchy set forth in the The Celestial Hierarchy, written in the 5th century in the name of Dionysius the Areopagite. The creeds and confessions do not formulate any authoritative doctrine of angels; and modern rationalism has tended to deny the existence of such beings, or to regard the subject as one on which we can have no certain knowledge. The principle of continuity, however, seems to require the existence of beings intermediate between man and God.

Some Christian traditions hold that angels are organized into three major Hierarchies which are subdivided into orders or Choirs, and list as many as ten orders of angels. This is particularly clear in the above-mentioned The Celestial Hierarchy, which gives the names that have become part of tradition: Angels, Archangels, Principalities, Powers, Virtues, Dominions, Thrones, Cherubim, and Seraphim. In this hierarchy, the Cherubim and Seraphim are typically closest to God, while the Angels and Archangels are most active in human affairs. Many of these names come from verses in the Bible which would appear at first to be referencing a literal thing, although retroactively suggesting that they really mention angels can also make sense in the context. For example the verse in Paul "our struggle is not with earthly things but with principalities and powers" (meaning, according to most theologians, the fallen angels of those choirs, used as an example of all the fallen angels).

Some Christian traditions also hold that angels play a variety of specific roles in the lives of believers. For instance, each Christian may be assigned a guardian angel at their baptism (although never defined by the Catholic or Orthodox churches, this is personally held by many church members and theologians). Each consecrated altar has at least one angel always present offering up prayers, and a number of angels join the congregation when they meet to pray. In the story of the 40 martyrs of Sebaste, in which 40 Christian Roman soldiers were made to stand naked on a frozen lake in the snow until they renounced their faith, angels were seen descending from Heaven placing the crowns of martyrs on their heads.

In many informal folk beliefs among Christians concerning the afterlife, the souls of the virtuous dead ascend into Heaven to be converted into angels. However, this belief is not supported by the Bible and theologians are quick to discount it.

Sometimes referred to as “spirit guides” or “guardian spirits”, the use of the term ‘angel’ tends to carry specific Judeo-Christian connotations in western societies that have fallen out of fashion with some. The description of the being is the same, however. No matter what they’re called, it seems that most people in most societies have accepted them as a part of life.”

We can see from all the preceding material that many Christians not only affirm the existence of angels in the abstract, but also attempt to cultivate an active relationship with them, seeking spiritual guidance and power.  When we pray, we think we are addressing the Father or the Son directly, but in light of the foregoing, it is quite possible that we are speaking to the Divine through the mouthpiece of angels.

This is something to consider in prayer, since we like to know who we are talking to when we are on the HELP line. Nevertheless, it is not unreasonable to suggest that our prayers are addressed to God through the medium of angelic intelligence.

On the subject of prayer through angels, here is a remark by Lorna Byrne from: What Is the Relationship Between God, Angelic Beings and Humans?

“How was the relationship between God, angelic beings and humans designed? Why is everyone assigned an angel or multiple angels, are they the lifeline to God?

I see a guardian angel with everyone, regardless of their religion, or whether they believe in angels. I see angels physically, as I see a person standing in front of me, and I have done so every day since I was a baby.

Everyone has only one guardian angel and this angel is with them from before their birth until after they die. This angel never ever leaves them, not even for one moment. I will often see other angels with someone in addition to their guardian angel. These angels come and go and it is their guardian angel who allows them to be there.

The guardian angel is a gift from God and is the gatekeeper of your soul. Your guardian angel is there to help to guide you through life, to help to make you aware that you are more than a physical body that you have a soul and that God is real. One of its most important tasks is to bring your soul home safely to Heaven when you die.

Your guardian angel is a lifeline between you and God. If God didn't give us a guardian angel we would find it much more difficult to connect with Him. Don't misunderstand me. I am not saying that we need to go through angels to reach God -- far from it. I have never in my life prayed to an angel; I pray to God, but I know the angels enhance my prayer.”

We have already made the point that angels attempt to lead each person to what is good, tacitly using the person's own thoughts. Here, with the sentence, “I know the angels enhance my prayer” we encounter the same principle—that Angelic language is an ever-present component of communion with the Divine.

In conclusion, I would like to share this anecdote from the internet article Angels appear as humans by Jim Bramlett:

“This is one of the incidents reported to me. It reportedly happened in the Atlanta, Georgia area, on I-285 near "Spaghetti Junction." I traced the incident from a friend in California California to a United Airlines pilot in Chicago, then to at least 15 others in Atlanta, including a medical doctor.

A lady passed a hitchhiker on the expressway, giving no thought to stopping. But she heard a voice say, "Pick him up." She did not stop, but continued on. But she again heard the voice: "I told you to pick him up." She now felt compelled to go back. She turned off the expressway, then got back on via an access road. She thought it would be unlikely that the person would still be there, but if he was, she would pick him up. To her surprise, the man was still there, so she stopped. He got into the car. They chatted for a few moments, then after a brief pause, the stranger said, "Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ is coming soon?" On hearing that, the woman glanced toward the stranger -- but he was not there. He had suddenly and unexplainably vanished!

She was so shaken that she had to pull off the expressway. After sitting there a few minutes trying to regain her composure, a policeman pulled up behind her, got out of his car, went up to her window and said, "Ma'am, is there a problem?"

She replied, "Officer, if I told you what just happened to me, you wouldn't believe it."

The policeman urged her to tell him anyhow. She described what had just happened. He responded, "Ma'am, normally I would think that you were one of the craziest people I have ever seen, but you are the seventh person today to give me this same report."

I find this to be a charming story, and also a powerful indicator of the kind of strategies angels use to bless us and protect us. I hope that, as I grow spiritually, I can become ever more attuned to the proper frequency on which angels impart wisdom and comfort.

Let us pray: Jesus, thank you—we always thank you, the primary source of all the good things in our lives. Thank you for sending your angels to listen to us, sending You our prayers, and sending back your answers. Let us never lose faith in the communication with the Divine which takes place in every context in which the heart opens to the Divine. Amen.