The Angels received at the beginning a knowledge
of the Incarnation of the Divine Word. God
revealed it to them when He required them to
adore the Sacred Humanity of Jesus Christ. But
they knew not all the circumstances that would
accompany it. They did not know that He was to
lead on earth a life of sorrow and to die a death
of shame. These were revealed gradually and in
part. We must rest content, as the Holy Angels
do, to know just as much as God pleases and
nothing more.
The Holy Angels have also an infused knowledge
of human affairs. God reveals to them all
that is necessary for the exercise of their guardianship
of us, the dangers that we shall be exposed to,
the temptations that will beset us, sometimes the
secrets of our hearts. We should pray God that our
Guardian Angels may know us very thoroughly,
that so they may keep us in perfect safety.
The Angels understand far better than we
do all the mysteries of grace. Why is this? It is
because of their purity of heart. It is this that
makes them full of light, and in virtue of this light
they see far into the depths of the ways and works
of God and His dealings with His creatures. We often
are so dulled by earthly things and earthly
passions that we seem to lose all appreciation of
things Divine. It is the clean of heart to whom
is granted the privilege of understanding the hidden
things of God.