The Angels have a much more intimate knowledge of created things than we can ever attain to. They have more powerful intellects and have a nature more like to the nature of God. They see immediately and at a glance what we learn only by long study and reasoning. One day, through God's mercy, we hope to enjoy a knowledge like to theirs. Then our present ignorance will be changed into an excellent knowledge of God and of all created things!

Do the Angels know the future by their own natural powers? They can foresee all that takes place in strict accordance with natural law, but they cannot foresee what depends on the will of men, and still less what depends on God. They rest happy in their ignorance. So, too, I must not vex myself about the future, but must gladly leave all to God.

Do the Angels know the secrets of hearts? They can guess at a great deal. Even the devils can do this. They not only read the expression of our faces, but behold the picture painted on our imagination. Moreover, God reveals to them all that is necessary for their guidance and care of our souls. How careful I must be that my soul is pure from sin, and such as my Guardian Angel will behold with satisfaction, and that no picture is through my own fault painted there, from which my Guardian Angel would avert his eyes in shame and sorrow!