And the glory of angels was all around.
The Bible describes angels as being mediums of God’s power who execute God’s will, revealing themselves to individual humans and sometimes to a whole nation as on the night of Christ’s birth. For Lorraine Watkiss of La Crescenta, the first angel came to her one evening in the midst of great pain, according to her husband, John Watkiss. She witnessed a golden glow on the ceiling of her bedroom. The glow transformed into an angelic face, framed by an elaborate rose petal headdress. That vision launched what became known as the Lorraingels.
Lorraine began her career as a conventional landscape artist, still life portrait artist and paintier of watercolor pictures of children. Over the years, her talents were submerged under the business of being a full-time mother and wife. When time allowed, she studied poetry, but her thoughts and actions always addressed the needs of others before herself. As her husband reminisced, “People would say that after meeting her they would feel so peaceful.” Indeed, looking at a photo of her even in her most ravaged time of discomfort, her face is luminous and radiant.
