334.
These gifts have been given to mankind to use and enjoy, and they are free gifts, as is clearly apparent from the state of angels in heaven, who likewise have a body, rational faculty, and spiritual
character, as people do on earth. They are nourished without cost, for they are daily given their food. They are clothed without cost, because they are given their clothing. They have their lodging without
cost, because they are given their houses. Nor do they worry about any of these things.* Moreover, to the extent that they are spiritually rational, they experience enjoyment, protection, and the
preservation of their condition. The difference is that angels see that these are gifts from the Lord, because things there are created in accordance with the state of their love and wisdom, as we
showed in the preceding discussion (no. 322), while people do not see this, because things here recur yearly and exist not in accordance with the state of people's love and wisdom, but according to the
care they expend on them. * Cf. Matthew 6:25-34; Luke 12:22-32.