Angels

The living track

 Vera Peste

Sometimes we look for angels in our lives and

wonder why they don’t seem close by. We must
remember that the way to connect more easily with
them is to ‘do as angels do’.
Angels
Angels exist through the
eyes of faith, and faith is
perception. Only if you
can perceive it can you
experience it.
- John Westerhoff
In short, if it ever entered
the mind of the frivolous
angel to dance on the
head of a pin, its
whimsical impuls e would
have to be exercised in a
solitary fashion.
It could not invite other
angels to join it. It would
have to dance there
alone.
- Mortimer J. Adler,
"The Angels and Us"
As beings of light, the
angels are also beings of
color, and they may
reach us through
different colors that
spark something in our
unconscious.
- Terry Lynn Taylor & Mary Beth Crain
Angels are often not
seen, but rather felt or
heard or sensed. People
recount a shifting color in
the atmosphere, a
dream, a clarifying
thought, a surge of
superhuman strength.
Sometimes only visible is
the tip of a sword or a
muscular arm flung out
protectively.
- Traci Mullins,
"Breakfast with the Angels"
Throughout your life you
have been blessed with
spiritual experiences,
brought by your angels.
Some are sacred and
confidential. Others,
although sacred, are
meant to be shared.
- Barbara Mark & Trudy Griswold,
"The Angelspeake Storybook"
Wherever we see beauty
which attracts us, and
kindles in us desires and
aspirations for higher
attainments, it is a vision
from God, whose mission
is to call us to a higher
life. We should make sure
that we do not prove
disobedient to any
heavenly vision, but that
we follow every one as an
angel sent from heaven
to woo us nearer God.
- J. R. Miller,
“Dr. Miller’s Yearbook”
[Gabriel's] attributes are
a lily and a scroll
inscribed with "Ave Maria
Gratia Plena." He is
sometimes shown with a
sceptre or an olive branch
as a symbol of peace on
earth.
- Manly P. Hall,
"The Blessed Angels"
A traveller should always
seek the company of the
righteous, for ministering
angels travel with them,
whereas, “angels of
Satan” go along with the
wicked.
- Bernard J. Bamberger,
"Fallen Angels"
Perhaps you, too, once
had a flaw-a thought, no
more than that, less than
angelic. In a second of a
second, you were
restored to innocence by
a Maker omniscient and
kind.
- Elizabeth Spires
And the angel of the
Lord, went further, and
stood in a narrow place,
where [there] was no
way to turn eithe r to the
right hand or to the left.
- Numbers 22:26
Suffer not thy mouth to
cause thy flesh to sin;
neither say thou before
the angel, that it was an
error; wherefore should
God be angry at thy
voice, and destroy the
work of thine hands?
- Ecclesiastes 5:6
Then the seven angels
who had the seven
trumpets prepared to
sound them.
- Revelation 8:6
Metatron…is often
mentioned as the
highest-ranking angel in
Jewish lore - the prince
of all angels, the
chancellor of heaven.
Metatron is the angel of
the covenant, head of the
celestial academy, and
holds the keys to the
light of illumination and
the light of discernment.
He is the prince of
mysteries and controls all
the secret treasuries of
hidden wisdom.
- David Connolly,
"In Search of Angels"
And, being so small that
it seemed to take him
just twice as long as
anyone else to get to
nightly prayers,
the Littlest Angel always
arrived late,
and always knocked
everyone’s wings askew
as he darted into his
place.
- Charles Tazewell,
"The Littlest Angel"
Cupid abroad was lated
in the night, His wings
were wet with ranging in
the rain.
- Robert Greene,
“Sonnet: Cupid Abroad Was Lated”
Those sweetly smiling
angels with pensive
looks, innocent faces, and
cash-boxes for hearts.
- Honore de Balzac
If angels are entertained
unaware, it is because
they have tact.
- Spencer Bayne,
“Murder Recalls Van Kill”
The Irish say that a
child smiling in its sleep
is having a talk with
angels. But to
Armenians,
that snoozing cherubic
smile actually comes
from the fact the child’s
guardian angel is
tickling him by cutting
his fingernails.
- John Ronner,
"Know Your Angels"
And the creatures
gathered ‘round
And didn’t make a sound
And the angels cried.
- Harley Allen and Deborah Nims,
“The Angels Cried”
So far we still don’t know
whether angels are
ethereal beings of light
without substance or if
they take a solid human
form with real wings
which actually enable
them to fly.
- Malcolm Godwin,
"Angels: An Endangered Species"
Ask your angel “Is there
anything I need to know
right now?” Sit quietly
and see if you can feel a
message coming to you.
- Margaret Neylon,
"An Angel a Day"
How you think, staring
on at the door, where the
face of your angel flashed
in, that it’s brightness,
familiar before, burns off
from you ever the more
for the dark of your
sorrow and sin.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
“Only a Curl”
Think of a song whose
lyrics include the word
“angel.”
Write out as much of the
lyrics as you can
remember and ponder on
the words.
This will bring even more
awareness of angels
into your life on a daily
basis.
- Margaret Neylon,
"An Angel a Day"
Arouse yourself…our Lord
is speaking with you. Do
not wander off. His elect
angels surround you, s o
be not dismayed; the
ranks of the demons
stand facing you, so do
not grow lax.
- Evagruis
A fine thing to be talking
about angels in this day
when common thieves
smash the holy rosaries
of their victims in the
street…
- Jack Kerouac,
"Desolation Angels"
The highest
seraph…comprehends as
unity all that his inferiors
see as manifold.
- Meister Eckhart
When you are speaking
to children today, why
not bring up the subject
of angels and see how
they react? You may be
amazed at the
experiences they share
with you!
- Margaret Neylon,
"An Angel a Day"
In sum, within every
human are two ange ls;
the Angel of Light
and the Angel of
Darkness.
The one tends to
promote all that is good;
the other, all that is evil.
Every human deed
strengthens the hand
of one angel or the other.
- Morris B. Margolies,
"A Gathering of Angels"
...There was a flutter of
wings and the bright
appearance of an angel in
the air, speeding forth on
some heavenly mission.
- Nathanial Hawthorne,
"The Celestial Railroad"
Any obstruction [in the
spiritual world] that
ought to be removed
because it is contrary to
Divine order, the angels
cast down or overthrow
merely by an effort of the
will and a look.
- Emanuel Swedenborg,
"Heaven and its Wonders and Hell"
Remember, no matte r
how bleak and lonely you
may feel, your angels are
here for you now. Reach
out to them, allow the ir
gentle, strong winds to
enfold you and keep you
safe and secure.
- Margaret Neylon
When someone sees
an angel they bring
their own perceptions
to the forefront.
Each angelic visual is
different, therefore
one cannot designate
a specific color to an
angel or to all ange lic
beings.
- James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver,
"Angels A to Z"
Be an angel today! As it’s
difficult for angels to
manifest in human form,
we can often take on
their role for a moment
or two and help someone
in their name.
- Margaret Neylon,
"An Angel a Day"
Michael is an angel of
repentance,
righteousness, mercy,
and sanctification. In
Jewish tradition he is
also classified as one of
the seven archangels-
sometimes said to be the
chief archangel-and one
of the four angels
stationed at the s ides of
the throne of God.
- David Connolly,
"In Search of Angels"
The angels share with no
strings attached.
- Terry Lynn Taylor and Mary Beth Crain,
"Angel Wisdom"
Angels are featured in
Christianity, Judaism,
Islam and other religions.
In countless Old and New
Testament verses, we
find angels performing
their chief function-
acting as God’s
messenger. Other
religions, including
Buddhism and Hinduism,
mention angels
throughout the ir
scriptures as well.
- Angels in Our Midst
The Lord shall send his
angel with you and make
your journey successful.
- Genesis 24:40
A thanksgiving to
spiritual beings assigned
to help human beings
carry out their duties.
- Oren Lyons,
"Faithkeeper, Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Iroquois Nation"
A birthmark is a kiss
from an angel.
- Anonymous