Are Angels Saints?

[Guest Martin]

Today is a good day to ask the question being the feast of St. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, all Archangels.

We give these Archangels the title of Saint. Why?

I understood saints to be humans that have through grace, after their death, go to heaven. Our faith and our works with the help of the Church, aid us to attain this state of grace. Some come to the recognition of the Church and may even be given a feast day. But they were humans.

Angels on the other hand are creatures are already in heaven. Their existence is not a test of faith on earth. They are already there. Angels do good things and can help us, but why do we bestow the title of saint to three of them? Isn't the title of Archangel glory enough?

[cappie]

We give the title of saint to the angels in much the same way as Mary Magdalen, St Joseph,etc are called saints because of their proximity to Jesus.

The angels certainly exist and in venerating them we give glory to God and give them the title of Saint though they have never been "officially" canonised. The Catechism puts it this way:

326 The Scriptural expression "heaven and earth" means all that exists, creation in its entirety. It also indicates the bond, deep within creation, that both unites heaven and earth and distinguishes the one from the other: "the earth" is the world of men, while "heaven" or "the heavens" can designate both the firmament and God's own "place" - "our Father in heaven" and consequently the "heaven" too which is eschatological glory.
[b]Finally, "heaven" refers to the saints and the "place" of the spiritual creatures, the angels, who surround God.[/b]