Praise ye the Lord, all His angels, praise ye Him all His hosts.
(Psa.148:2)

Adoration is the first duty of man to God, but how little fulfilled! How little prayer there is in
most lives. How little even with believers except for Corporate Prayer in Church. With infinite
mercy God willed man out of nothing into being, so that man might know and praise the Eternal
Beauty and Goodness which God is. And man remains unseeing and unresponsive
- ready to praise anything except his Creator.

This makes us glad to think of the Holy Angels of God. A vaster world than
ours - each of the nine choirs may be more numerous than all the human race.
In their faculties of knowing and loving they tower up far out of sight;
their praise to God is an example to us all. The whole and all-sufficient
occupation of the angels is the praise and adoration of God.

Our Lord is pleased that His Father is known and loved by those who see the
Father's Face. He teaches us to pray, 'Thy will be done on earth as it is in
Heaven.' The angels' praise (compared with ours), is like some mighty
orchestra and choir, compared with a beggar singing out of tune
in the street.

And yet God the Son took on man's nature, not the angels. They played so
much a part in Our Lord's life from the Annunciation to the Ascension. It is
said that the Star that led the Magi to the Christ Child was made up of
myriads of angels, and it was angels who gave the glad tidings of the Lord's
Birth to the Shepherds on the hills.

So once more be grateful for the mercies of Our God to us, and realize
better in the future our primary duty of praise and adoration to Him, both in private prayer as well as public prayer.

If someone does something for you, it is polite to say thank you and not to take it for granted.

Alas how many people take God for granted? No matter how little the Blessing received we
should give thanks, be like the Angels and praise Him without ceasing both day and night.

To Thee be glory and praise; now and ever, unto Ages of Ages.
AMEN!

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