angels act best
who does the best [her] circumstance allows
- does well, acts nobly; angels could do no more.
angels - (n.)
\ān'j'ls\ - messengers, of God; spirits; persons of heavenly virtues or charms. -eSpindle
Showing posts with label angel quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label angel quotes. Show all posts
angelic apparition
an angel stood and met my gaze,
through the low doorway of my tent;
the tent is struck, the vision stays -
i only know she came and went.
- james russell lowell, "she came and went"
love and wisdom from God
because He is love in its essence, God appears before the angels... as a sun.
and from that sun, heat and light go forth; the heat being love and the light, wisdom.
and the angels [become] love and wisdom,
not from themselves but from the Lord.
want to be an angel
i want to be an angel,
and with the angels stand,
a crown upon my forehead,
a harp within my hand.
caring carriers
... there was a shift of stars, a glimmering of blue light,
and he felt himself surrounded by blueness and suspended.
a moment later he was deposited, with a gentle bump, upon the rock...
sending good shivers
a shiver runs down your spine when you realize
it is not our imagination.
something is watching us out there.
guardian angel prayer
angel of God, my guardian dear,
to whom God's love commits me here,
ever this day be at my side,
to light and guard, to rule and guide. amen.
- traditional catholic prayer
prayers bring angels
but if these beings guard you,
they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.
children's saviors
... and i think that saving a child,
and fotching him to his own,
is a derned sight better business...
in storm
how did he get thar?
- angels.
he could have never walked in that storm.
they jest scooped down and toted him
to whar it was safe and warm...
angels in disguise
but all God's angels
come to us disguised...
- james russel lowell, "on the death of a friend's child"
messengers for just men
... for God will deign to visit oft the dwellings of just men
delighted, and with frequent intercourse
- thither will send His winged messengers
on errands of supernatural grace.
vision - saying angels are here
and Elisha prayed, "o Lord, open his eyes so he may see."
then the Lord opened the servant's eyes, and he looked,
and saw - the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
- 2 kings 6:17
far up but looking down
the guardian angels of life
sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight,
but they are always looking down upon us.
hail angels - supernatural or human
an angel! or if not,
an earthly paragon!
- shakespeare, "cymbeline"
from day to night to day
millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, unseen,
both when we walk and when we sleep...
- milton, "paradise lost"
religion spirituality angels
both when we walk and when we sleep...
- milton, "paradise lost"
religion spirituality angels
refuge of fearers
the angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.
- psalm 34:7
religion spirituality angels
and he delivers them.
- psalm 34:7
religion spirituality angels
angels in the night
how sweetly did they float
upon the wings of silence
through the empty vaulted night...
- milton, "comus"
religion spirituality angels
upon the wings of silence
through the empty vaulted night...
- milton, "comus"
religion spirituality angels
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