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Devotion to the nine choirs of Holy angels and especially to the Angel-Guardians

CONTENTS. ADVERTISEMENT page iii DEDICATION TO OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS xix DEDICATION TO MY GOOD ANGEL-GUARDIAN xxi EXHORTATION TO LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR THE HOLY ANGELS. It is the property of great things to be indescribable. The excellences of the angels cannot worthily be expressed. All possible motives urge us to love them. Men are moved to love by different considerations ; and all these considerations oblige us to love the angels. Every kind of good is to be found in their love. Their friendship is incomparable. Their love pursues us everywhere. Yet devotion to them is rare. This is owing to the absence of the interior life. The more exalted the angels are, the greater their love and their power. The author's desire to rouse men from their insensibilty. The world's forgetfulness of God ; and of God's angels. The language of the Fathers respecting them. The author calls upon all sorts of men to love all the nine choirs with a particular love. He invokes the blessing of God upon all who practise devotion to them page 1 PART I. MOTIVES FOR THIS DEVOTION FIRST MOTIVE. THE ADMIRABLE PERFECTIONS OF THESE SUBLIME INTELLIGENCES. The greatness of the angels beyond the thought of man to

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