The Angelic Visions of Margaret Mary Alacoque
Vision of the Seraphim
In her autobiography, Saint Margaret Mary recounts how God desires the spiritual union between angels and human beings, so that they may mutually participate in each other's spiritual good. Two fundamental teachings emerge:
"God expresses the desire that a particular devotion be cultivated towards the angels, created to love Him, honor Him, and praise Him in the Most Holy Sacrament."
"If we were more united with them, the angels could intercede in the divine presence, offering homage and love on our behalf. This communion would bring benefit to ourselves and to all who love God, while also making reparation for the irreverences committed in His holy presence."
The Celestial Concert
On one occasion, while she was working on her knees in a small courtyard near the Tabernacle, she was overcome by a profound inner and outer recollection. At that moment, she contemplated the Sacred Heart of Jesus shining like the sun, immersed in the flames of His divine love and surrounded by Seraphim, who were singing in a harmonious concert:
"Love triumphs, love rejoices; the love of the holy Heart gladdens us."
When those blessed spirits invited her to join their praises, she initially did not dare to accept. But they encouraged her, explaining that they had come to associate with her, taking her place in the presence of the Most Holy Sacrament so that she could love without interruption through their intercession. In turn, they would participate in her love, suffering in her person as she rejoiced in theirs.
After two or three hours of celestial singing, she experienced a beneficial effect in the depths of her soul: graces received and a lasting spiritual sweetness. She was so deeply moved that from then on, when praying to them, she always called them her "divine friends".
— Life of Alacoque, Paragraph 101: "The concert of the Seraphim"The Guardian Angel
Particularly touching is Margaret's relationship with her own Guardian Angel, described by her in the first person with words of profound spiritual familiarity:
"I felt my faithful guardian angel supporting me, and I often had the happiness of enjoying his presence and of being reproved and corrected by him."
"Once, having wanted to meddle in speaking about a relative's marriage, he showed me that this was unworthy of a religious soul and severely reproved me. He said that if I meddled in that kind of business again, he would hide his face from me."
"He could not bear the slightest immodesty or lack of respect in the presence of my sovereign Master, before whom I saw him prostrate on the ground, and he wanted me to do the same."