Angels "Angels are spirits," proclaimed St.Augustine! St. Thomas Aquinas believed that angels were pure spirit, having no matter or mass, and taking up no space; but Thomas believed angels could assume bodies at will. The purpose of angels is the same as mankind: to love and serve the Lord. However, being that angels are not material beings, and possibly from a different dimension, they can serve the Lord in many different ways. Angels have …
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…that Guardian Angels are responsible for those favors, rather than God himself (see fourth paragraph). That is because in the many Bible references I indicated, the passages say that angels were sent to do a specific task, rather than God effecting the task himself. These angels are not disheartened that they are of the lowest rank, because they know that to serve God in any capacity is a great honor. They are referenced in 1 Peter 3:22.