Quotes About Angels

Aquinas teaches: " As God did not bind His power to the Sacraments, so as to be unable to bestow the sacramental effect without conferring the Sacrament; neither did He bind His power to the ministers of the Church, so as to be unable to give angels power to administer the Sacraments.

an expression of Theodoretus in regard to the Angels, who, he says, " do not see the Divine Essence, but only a certain lustre, 05 which is adapted to their nature." It is likely that this passage is the source of the heresy of the fourteenth century Palamites, 56 who alleged that the divine attributes can be contemplated separately from the divine Substance in the form of a " garb of light" enveloping the God head. 57

Pastor, we think we might be on to something. That empty tomb—could that be an echo of the empty mercy seat of the ark? That the two angels in 'dazzling clothes' who gave witness at the empty tomb of Jesus might be an allusion to the two cherubim marking the emptiness that is fullness at the ark?

But caveat lector: we do not read the Bible in order to reduce our lives to what is convenient to us or manageable by us - we want to get in on the great invisibles of the Trinity, the soaring adorations of the angels, the quirky cragginess of the prophets, and ... Jesus.

Oh ! the blessed confessors of the kingdom of Christ, who were tried like gold in the excellence of their righteousness, and obtained through the conflict in which they were set the heavenly life of angels, and laid hold upon the promises of the hidden good things of the victory of the high calling--For eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what God has prepared for them that love him.

Gardeners are never wicked are they?' said Ruth. 'Obstinate and grumpy and wanting to be alone, but not wicked. Oh, look at that creeper! I've always loved October so much, haven't you? I can see why it's called the Month of the Angels.

I think that 'Little Angels' provides the gateway into that conversation about faith and about the Lord and about God's love for us. Remembering that the angels are just the messengers and the message is the message of love.

I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen it, forgive its vice. I will be the only angel you need. You will leave life even more beautiful than you entered it. Heaven will take you back and look at you and say: Only one thing can make a soul complete and that thing is love.

The moment we decide to throw more energy into fighting for our mate than with him, the crack of a fist on the enemy's jaw splits the ears of angels.

Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares" (Hebrews 13:1–2, KJV).

I wonder what God would do for our nations if all Christians would worship God—truly worship Him as Daniel did three times a day. Angels are responsible for the protection of nations, to see that neither the devil nor evil people spoil God's program; but our intercessory backing is vitally important to their role.

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

He will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

The duration of Hell is endless. Although there are degrees of punishment, Hell is terrible for all the damned. The occupants are the devil, evil angels, and unsaved human beings.6 —ROBERT PETERSON

The holy angels live and qualify in the light, in the good quality wherein the Holy Ghost reigneth. The devils live and reign in the fierce wrathful quality, in the quality of fierceness and wrath, destruction or perdition.

He shook his ladle overhead as if summoning the wrath of angel chefs among the stars.

In this mirror, I am enclosed a live and real as you. Imagine angels and not like the reflections.

In the music class, in the ballads she sang, there was no question of anything but little golden-winged angels, madonnas, lagoons, gondoliers, peaceful compositions which allowed her to glimpse, through the inanity of language and the forced notes, the enticing phantasmagoria of sentimental truths.

In de muziekles zong zij liedjes over niets dan engeltjes met gouden vleugels, madonna's, meren, gondeliers: rimpelloze romances die haar tussen de beuzelachtige woorden en de onbeholpen klanken door een korte blik vergunden op de betoverende wereld van de werkelijke sentimenten.

And Kay and Gerda looked in each other's eyes, and all at once they understood the old hymn: "The rose in the valley is blooming so sweet, And angels descend there the children to greet." There sat the two grown-up persons; grown-up, and yet children; children at least in heart; and it was summer-time; summer, glorious summer!

Weißt du, warum man so auf seinen Schlaf erpicht ist? Nur um ein paar Tage länger jung auszusehen? Ach, und wenn dann der Schlaf kommt und man träumt, dann ist man uralt, und kein Engel ist da; man liegt da wie ein Stück Holz im Moor, ewig, und kann nicht sterben. Und das alles zur Strafe, weil man ein einziges Mal wach gewesen ist, als der Engel da saß und man dachte: Nun brauche ich nie mehr zu schlafen.

Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.