| IX. Choir | 4 January |
|---|---|
| Hidden faithfulness | |
Beside Saint Hassirim, the angel of power, who carries the praise of God, a simple, but wonderful, angel of the ninth choir stands before the Throne of the Most High today. How we must thank God for these angels that are so close to us! Their tasks are so suited to our hearts, abilities, needs and secret desires, that we would love to make our home in this choir and remain there forever!
Saint Dinah is not a radiant angel, overflowing with light. His light rather emanates from within, as a light in an alabaster jar. Standing in the shadows, his figure is reminiscent of Our Dear Heavenly Mother as She follows the people and stands in the shadows of the archways as the Madonna della Strada, waiting for the poor and for those lost in sin. One could say he stands apart, as Mary, the Refuge of Sinners, stands apart and waits.
Like the Madonna della Strada—the Mother of the Streets—he has a wide mantle under which he jealously protects those souls—whom the Lord has chosen for hidden sacrifices of love and faithfulness—from the gaze and grasp of the world.
Whilst he and his protégés stand in the darkness of God, recognised only by Him, this great angel catches the wide, flowing beam of God’s love in one hand and guides it with the power of the sacrificial will of his hidden protégés, over man and time and space. The other hand, however, remains half hidden under his cloak. Over his arm he carries a white linen wedding garment bearing the names of his protégés… those whom no one knows but God alone.
Thus Saint Dinah, the angel of hidden faithfulness, stands before us. He serves in the sixth choir of Princes under the High Archangel Prince, Saint Jophiel, the angel of depth and inwardness.
Through him, Saint Dinah is an angel of longing for God; his task makes this longing hidden, just as all his deeds take place much more in secret than before the eyes of the world. He is also an angel of readiness, however, and the white wedding garment illustrates what this readiness should be: white, as purity of heart is; simple, as the simple man of God is; and long and great, as the love of God envelops the whole man. The angel wears a working garment because the heroic, hidden life and love of his charges plays out more in everyday life than on Sunday. He holds the hands of his charges out to the Lord and the Lord puts His Heart into them.
Prayer: My God, in humility and faithfulness I will pronounce the “fiat mihi,” known only to Thee, guided alone by Thee and enveloped and sheltered in Thy love. Amen.