1925. I was surprised also that when I had no understanding of certain matters, or was paying no attention, I then sensed that the angels had a more perfect one. From this it is also clear that the angels receive a still more perfect understanding from little children who do not understand what they are praying.
This may seem surprising to anyone, and yet it is very true, and borne out to me by actual, plain, and quite a lot of experience. 1748, 10 May.
1925. I have wondered also that while I had no understanding of certain things, or paid them no attention, I still perceived that the angels had a [proportionably] fuller sense of them, which may appear from the fact that the angels have a clearer perception in the case of infants, who do not understand what they pray for. This will no doubt appear wonderful to most men, but it is most true, having been testified to me through a living, manifest, and sufficiently long-continued experience. - 1748, May 10.
1925. Miratus etiam quod dum nullum intellectum haberem quorundam, seu nullam attentionem, quod tunc perceperim angelos pleniorem habuisse, inde quoque constare potest, quod angeli ab infantibus, qui non intelligunt, quid precantur, pleniorem adhuc intellectum percipiant. Hoc mirabile cuique videri potest, usque est verissimum, per vivam, manifestam 1
et satis multam experientiam mihi testatum. 1748, 10 Maj.
Footnotes:
1. The Manuscript has vivam manifestam