Thirteenth Day
Oh, what a glory, what a happiness and consolation, were granted to the angels when they had done the will of God! God received His faithful followers with goodness and love, and introduced them into His place of glory, and there He manifested Himself to them and will do so for all eternity. And so the beautiful life of the angels in heaven may furnish us with ample materials for meditation. Our Lord calls our attention to them when He bids us pray that we may do His will on earth, as do the angels in heaven.
Faber says, “Grace is a better portion than nature for loving God; by grace God can communicate Himself to us supernaturally; by it He gets more love from us, and makes us more able to love Him. O that we had the hearts to know the meaning of this! Surely His love of us should be our measure of love for Him.
Well might St. Francis run about the woods crying out, ‘Oh, God is not known! God is not loved!” The angels will ever remain in heaven, loving and honoring God, in supreme happiness, in the infinite light of God Himself. Let us also, as some saints have done, offer to God the love of the first choir of seraphim in reparation for all the outrages going on in the world.
Prayer:
O angel of God, my guardian dear, To whom His love commits me here. Ever this day be at my side, To light, to guard, to rule, and guide.
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