the anger of your kind God may not be roused to pronounce a deserved punishment following upon this reward.” 84. With these words, the winged angel glided up into the breezes, and lent fragrance to the air from afar with his holy scent. The priest stood rooted there, his fearful mind in turmoil. His hesitating heart pondered the promise; he doubted whether he had deserved a kindness so great that the highest God had taken the trouble to send a messenger from the heights of heaven to announce such