Angels

How many readers (other than my siblings) know there are nine levels or orders of Angels?  From highest to lowest:
Seraphim
Cherubim
Thrones
Dominations
Virtues
Powers
Principalities
Archangels
Angels (includes Guardian Angels)

According to tradition, only Archangels and Angels interact with humans.  Although I can't wait to meet the rest (what's a Throne like?), I have interacted with Angels on a number of wonderful occasions.  The most significant time occurred when I was driving my older sister home from Princess Margaret hospital after one of her visits regarding her cancer.  We were driving in the middle lane of the Gardiner Expressway when the car on my right crossed into my lane.  It was so sudden and unexpected that I did not have time to react - not even to brake.

The other car passed through the front of my car as if it were water.  After pausing in shock for a few seconds, I said to my sister, 'Did you see that?  Did that really happen?'  'Yes' she said quietly.  We did not say anything else the rest of the ride home and never talked about what had happened.  I know that our Guardian Angels had stepped in and averted that disaster - why, I don't know - it's a mystery.

Another time I was shopping at Ikea and came upon the dinette set that I had wanted (but couldn't afford), reduced in the 'damaged' section of the store.  The box had been broken open and there were parts scattered around the floor.  I dragged everything together but was unable to lift the box into the cart when a man came up and asked if he could help me.  Not only did he put the box into my cart, he came with me through the checkout and then loaded it in my car.  I turned to him and said 'Thank you so much - you're an Angel'.  And then he replied, 'Yes I am but few people recognize me'  and he walked off.    True story........