The Seraphim are the highest of the Angelic Choirs. Their distinguishing mark is their burning love for God. They have a greater capacity for love than any of the choirs beneath them. They are more like to God, who proclaims Himself to be above all a God of Love. God does not identify Himself with any of His perfections as He does with His love. St. John tells us that God is love. God has given me a capacity for loving. Do I employ it in loving God?

The Seraphim, in consequence of this love, are more closely united to God, and enjoy a larger share of His infinite happiness than any other of the Angels. Their nobler nature gives them a more powerful will, and this will is wholly sacrificed to God. Do I thus sacrifice my will to His, or do I cling to my own, and fancy that my perverse obstinacy is firmness and strength of will?

This union of their wills with God makes them more like to Him than the rest of the Holy Angels. If we desire to be truly godlike, we must sacrifice our own will out of pure love of God, and not for the sake of any reward accruing to ourselves. We must do His will simply because it is His will and because that will is dearer to us than all the world, far dearer than our own. Then we shall be made like Him. Then we shall be joined to Him in intimate friendship.