I like the story about a man who, while walking down a country road, meets an angel. The angel is carrying in one hand a bucket of water. In the other hand she carries a flaming torch. When the man inquires of the angel what she is about, the angel answers, "With this water I'm going to quench all the fires of hell and with the torch I am going to burn down all the mansions of heaven; and then we're going to find out who really loves God."

Macrina Wiederkehr, A Tree Full of Angels