St. Mary of Agreda

"At the orders of the queen, the angels frequently assisted the apostles in their travels and tribulations ... The angels often visited them in visible shapes, conversing with them and consoling them in the name of the most blessed Mary."

- St. Mary of Agreda

"The angels were created in the heavens and in the state of grace by which they might be first to merit the reward of glory. For although they were in the midst of glory, the divinity itself was not to be made manifest to them face to face and unveiled, until they should be merited such a favor by obeying the divine will."

- St. Mary of Agreda