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Living With The Mysteries of Angels

by Jean Porche

I forget that the Angels have mysteries.
It’s been over forty years since I began working with my angel more years ‘over forty’ than I care to consider, actually! Perhaps
because I was so very young when I started, too young to realize the
difference between physical and spiritual, working with angels
seemed very natural to me.
Certainly my Roman Catholic upbringing played a part there. In
those days, every Catholic baby was brought home to sleep beneath a
crib medal depicting a Guardian Angel leading its young charges
safely over a breathtakingly dangerous footbridge. (Which may have
something to do with my ever-present fear of heights, as well as my
familiarity with angels!)
I have to smile when I think of that generation of Catholic babies, learning to focus their new eyes on images of angels.
Like most of us, I learned early to keep quiet about my invisible friends, thanks to others’ reaction to them.
As a young student, though, in kindergarten classrooms decorated with sweet-faced angels, I found teachers who knew that my invisible friends were real indeed.
The nuns even counseled us to speak with our angels as we would any friend - advice I took to heart.
It was no wonder to me that my angels answered, and so a relationship developed, as it would with any
friend.
As the many ways of our friends’ families become familiar to us - this
family says grace before each meal, this family likes to tease, and so on,
so did I develop a familiarity with the ways of the angels.
Familiarity kills mystery, though, and the mystery other people saw when
they considered the angelic world was largely lost to me. How could
something as comfortable as your own worn slipper be mysterious in the
least?
As we have begun working on our classes for the Way of the Angels
course, looking at the teachings that we were given to share almost a decade ago, the angels have begun reclaiming their mystery in our dealings.
Much of the old-shoe comfort is being replaced with an awareness of the
grandeur of the angels, their magnificence, their holiness and purity. After so many years, I find myself in awe of the friends I’ve taken somewhat for granted all my life.
They express themselves with new power and authority. New angels have appeared with teaching over
the years and others have become trusted friends, bringing us messages of comfort and insight. Ever so
gently, they open our eyes to mysteries that leave us breathless and silent.
I don’t know why I am surprised by this; gosh knows I’ve had enough opportunity over the years to realize
that if there’s one thing you can count on with angels, it’s that they keep life interesting!