From a homily by St. Bernard on the
Feast of St. Michael
“There is no minister as high, or as
lowly, as the One who offered himself as a sacrifice of praise, and who, offering
his soul to the Father, ministers to us his Flesh even today. It is no wonder, then, that the holy Angels
of such a Minister as this should worthily and gladly assist us. They love us because Christ has loved
us. A certain popular proverb says: ‘Love
me, love my dog.’ O blessed Angels! We are the little dogs of this Lord, whom you
love with such feeling! We are the
little dogs, I say, who long to be filled with the scraps that fall from the
table of our lords – who you are. And I
say this, brothers, so that you may have a fuller trust towards the blessed
angels so that you may invoke their aid more confidently in your every
necessity, but also to act more worthily in their presence, to acquire, more
and more, their grace for yourselves, to obtain their benevolence, and be
zealous to plead for their clemency. I
consider it necessary to set forth other reasons for your love for them: they
repay our weakness with their care; truly, they do not need to care for us, but
they work for our good; they do nothing to the detriment of their happiness,
they work to increase our salvation.”
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