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Make the  Nine Choirs of Angels guide you as you climb the Golden Staircase to the Glory of the Seraphim!

You don ever wonder wetin e take to reach the highest level of glory for heaven? How person go become saint, join fully with God, and see wetin God be for Himself with the clearest understanding and greatest love?

Dey Climb the Heavenly Order of Ranks: The Golden Staircase wey Lead to the Glory of the Seraphim carry person enter deep journey into the mysteries of the Heavenly Order of Ranks and the spiritual climbing wey God call every soul to do. This book get root for the teachings of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, the vision of Saint Matilda of Hackeborn, and e gain more depth from the understanding of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Bonaventure and other Doctors of the Church. E look deeply into how the Nine Choirs of Angels connect with the different stages of how we turn to God.

The Nine Choirs of Angels, from the simple Guardian Angels reach the Seraphim, get different levels of share for the Beatific Vision, as God decide according to their natural gifts and mission. God invite human souls to rise through stages of grace wey dey go deeper and deeper, from the Way of Purification to the Way of Illumination and the Way of Union, until dem reach the highest point of holiness, where dem share for the glory of the Seraphim—those wey the purest love for God dey burn inside them.

The Road to Heaven: Christ and the Mysteries of the Rosary

For the centre of this climbing na the life of Christ Himself, Who no only redeem human beings, but also show us the road to holiness. As we dey reflect deeply on the twenty mysteries of the Rosary, we dey bring our lives into line with Christ journey—from when He become man, through His public ministry, reach His Passion, Resurrection and Ascension. Each mystery be like one point for the map of our spiritual journey, wey dey use Christ example guide us to the eternal glory wey dey wait for us for Heaven.

As we follow the road wey take the angelic choirs and the mysteries of Christ life as example, we dey discover the steps wey we need to reach the fullness of the Beatific Vision—this na vision wey the greatest saints dey share in with the strongest love and clearest understanding of wetin God be for Himself.

Wetin You Go Discover for This Book:

• The Nine Choirs of Angels: Look deeply into the ancient teaching about angels from Pseudo-Dionysius and wetin e mean for spiritual life, together with how the choirs show different levels of grace and share for the Beatific Vision.
• Saint Matilda Vision of the Golden Staircase: Understand her mystical vision of nine steps as guide for how we too go climb reach heavenly glory.
• The Mystical Tradition: Go deep into the teachings of saints like Saint Bonaventure, Saint John of the Cross, and Saint Teresa of Ávila about the spiritual stages of turning to God, as dem line up with the order of ranks among angels.
• The Power of the Rosary: Learn how to reflect deeply on the mysteries of the Rosary, and use them as practical guide to grow spiritually every day and join more deeply with Christ.
• Practical Road to Holiness: This clear and practical guide to become saint na for everybody: people wey just dey begin their spiritual journey, people wey want make their faith grow deeper, and theologians wey get plenty experience.

With help from the angelic choirs, the example of Christ life, and the grace wey He merit for us, may you receive guidance along the road to the Glory of the Seraphim!

To get description wey get more details, read the Preface.

List of Wetin Dey Inside

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Copyright © 2024 na My Catholic Life! Inc. get am. Dem reserve all rights.  To know more about copyright permission, see mycatholic.life/copyright-permission

Di Scripture texts for Part One of dis work come from di New American Bible, edition wey dem revise © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C., and di copyright owner give permission to use dem. Dem Reserve All Rights. Nobody fit reproduce any part of di New American Bible for any form without written permission from di copyright owner.

Di Scripture texts for Part Two of dis work come from di Catholic Edition of di Revised Standard Version of di Bible, copyright 1965, 1966 na di Division of Christian Education of di National Council of di Churches of Christ for di United States of America get am. Dem give permission to use am. Dem reserve all rights.

Di quotation come from Hildegard of Bingen: Scivias, wey Columba Hart and Jane Bishop translate. The Abbey of Regina Laudis: Benedictine Congregation Regina Laudis of the Strict Observance, Inc. Paulist Press, 1990.

Di Journey of di Mind Into God, wey Saint Bonaventure write, Opera Omnia S. (Translator), Publisher: Christian Classic Ethereal Library, Grand Rapids, MI. Di Public Domain version of di text dey for: ccel.org

Selected Revelations of Saint Mechthild, and Virgin, Wey Come from di Five Books of Her Spiritual Grace. Na Thomas Richardson and Sons, 26, Paternoster Row; and Derby, publish am, 1875. E dey for Public Domain through archive.org

About Deep Thought wey Saint Bernard of Clairvaux write, wey George Lewis translate. Na Oxford Clarendon Press publish di original work for 1908, and e dey among di collection for Robarts Library, University of Toronto. You fit find am through archive.org

Di Journey Inside di Soul Towards God: Reflections from Saint Teresa of Ávila, mycatholic.life/books.

Di Mystical Journey to Union with God: Spiritual Wisdom from Saint John of the Cross, mycatholic.life/books.

Picture for di cover: Francesco Botticini, Public domain, through Wikimedia Commons. Dem edit di original picture to make di gap between di Heavenly Hierarchy and Earth wider, so space go dey for di title.

Note about grammar: When we quote Scripture for this book, di use of capital letters and di way di words dey arranged go follow di New American Bible or di RSV-CE. For di rest of di text, words wey refer to God or point to wetin dey sacred go start with capital letters. Di first letter of words wey refer to “satan,” like “di wicked one” or “di devil,” go remain small letter. This one na sign to remind us say Jesus don defeat am, and say you fit overcome im work and temptations for your own life.

Imprimatur:
Most Reverend Camillus Raymond Umoh
Catholic Bishop of Ikot Ekpene Diocese
29 September, 2024
Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, di Archangels

Nihil Obstat:
Rev. Fr. Dr. Idara Otu, MSP
Deputy Rector
National Missionary Seminary of Saint Paul, Abuja, Nigeria

Na Who Write Am

John Paul Thomas

“John Paul Thomas” na di name wey this priest don choose to use as writer, to honour di Apostles Saint John and Saint Thomas, and Saint Paul, di great evangelist. This name still dey bring back di memory of di great Pope Saint John Paul II.

John na di beloved Apostle wey seek to get deep, close and personal relationship with im Saviour. We hope say wetin dem write for this book go lead all of us to deep, close and personal relationship with our God. Make John be example for us of this closeness and love.

Thomas too na beloved Apostle and close friend of Jesus, but people sabi am well because e no believe say Jesus don rise from di dead. Even though e later come get deep faith and cry out, “my Lord and my God,” dem give us im example to show us how our own faith fit weak. Make Thomas inspire us to always return to faith whenever we realise say we don doubt.

As Pharisee, Paul persecute di early Christian Church seriously. But after e experience powerful conversion, e come become di great evangelist to di Gentiles. E start plenty new communities of believers and write plenty letters wey dey inside Sacred Scripture. Im letters dey deeply personal, and dem show di heart of shepherd. Paul na example for all of us as we dey try to accept our calling to spread di Gospel. 

Dedikeshon

To our Blessed Mother, di Queen of Heaven and Earth. After dem take her, body and soul, into Heaven for her Assumption, dem crown di Mother of God as Queen of di Rank Dem for Heaven and as Queen over our lives for this earth. When her Son return with all His glory to judge di living and di dead, and to establish di New Heaven and new Earth, she go be Queen of this new world for all eternity. Make our Mother and Queen pray for us and, through her mediation, bring us all di grace wey God wish to give us, her children.