"Augustine writes that “we know from our faith that angels exist, and we read of their having appeared to many people. For Augustine, the angels are not a feeling or an abstraction but a fact, and he often mentions celestial spirits in his writings. He says - angels act as messengers of God."
"The angels are spirits. When they are simply spirits, they are not angels, but when they are sent, they become angels; for ‘angel’ is the name of a function not a nature. If you inquire about the nature of such beings, you find that they are spirits, if you ask what their office is, the answer is that they are angels. In respect of what they are, such creatures are spirits; in respect of what they do, they are angels."
quoted and copied from: Faith and Culture Elizabeth Klein
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St. Augustine says we need to...
Pray to increase our desire for God,
so we can receive what God has prepared for us.
Catholic OnLine shares St. Augustine
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