No. Only God knows the human heart, as Solomon prayed: “you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind” (1 Kings 8:39). Angels are created spirits with great but limited knowledge. Thomas Aquinas taught that they can infer thoughts from outward signs, as a doctor reads the pulse, but cannot see the thoughts themselves. That is good news. The thoughts we would never say aloud, the half-formed prayer and the fear we keep to ourselves, are hidden…

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