Angels emerge from the presence of God and worship of God, are sent on mission for our redemption, so it doesn't surprise me to read in the Bible of angels leading us into the presence of God in worship.

The ultimate end of redemption is that we worship God with our whole being and in the whole company of the redeemed.

Angels do not intend to intimidate or scare, but their overwhelming glory and being will stun us into sudden contact with what is far beyond us.

The idea that relationships are not a strategy is potent; and the sad commentary proceeds to say that often relationships are seen as a strategy, a means to accomplish great things - except love and relationship are not what is really wanted. We want to appear relational so people will like what we have to offer. It's the difference between wanting a good marriage and loving the person you married.

To walk into the Jefferson memorial is to be in a temple of the pure idolatry of reason

... the Eucharist profoundly enables the grace of God to be received with all its glories and blessings.

We don't ask what the Bible says, we ask what God says to us in that Bible. The difference is a difference between paper and person.