God makes an angel out of a man.
What, then, is this flesh? We ought not to despise it. What is it - this? Grass, but it will be gold. Do not despise the grass. And it is changed into gold. For He who was able to change water into wine is able to change grass into gold, and to make an angel out of flesh. If He made man out of filth, will He not make an angel out of man? For let your Love attend to how man was made, and see if we even want to think about it. He made man out of this filth, and set him over the other animals. Will He not make an angel out of man? He absolutely will. He made men His friends, will He not make them angels? I no longer call you servants, but friends. To those still bearing flesh, still dying, still dwelling in this poverty and frailty of life, He said, I no longer call you servants, but friends. And what will He give to His friends? What He showed in Himself when He rose again. They will be crowned and converted into heavenly glory and will be equal to the angels of God. There will be no corruption, no temptation. There we will not be told: Cleanse yourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit. We will not labor, nor will we be promised a reward, because we will have already received it. Nor will we be told to groan, because we will already be praising. Thus, mortal flesh will be converted into the body of an angel. Thus, will groans be converted into praises. Here, penance, distress, and groans; there, praises, joy, and gladness. Afterward, therefore, now there is no joy. But where? In hope. You do not yet hold it, but you rejoice in hope, because He who promised cannot deceive, because He who promised has and gives.