The Holy Angels are our brethren, children of the same Father in Heaven, united to us in Him by ties of fond affection, loving us with a love higher than any earthly love. We sometimes complain that we have none to love us. We forget that every one of that glorious company has a personal and individual love for us, and rejoices in all that makes us happier and nearer to God. This shall be my consolation in my loneliness. I will picture to myself those loving friends around me.

The Holy Angels are also our models. If we wish to serve God perfectly, all we have to do is to imitate them. Purity of heart is termed the angelic virtue. Perfect submission to God is the secret of their holiness and their continual joy. To say that any child of Adam lives an angelic life is the highest praise we can bestow on him. We pray continually: "Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven." Do I seek to imitate the Angels, and in what?

The Holy Angels are also our future companions. There are a number of vacant places in their ranks that the Saints are destined to fill. When Satan and the rebel spirits fell from Heaven, their places are generally believed to have been reserved for the elect among the children of men. In one of the angelic companies is a place for me, if I am faithful to my Lord and King. Oh, what a moment of exquisite happiness, when I take my place among them!