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 Monica the Angel - The drama TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL/CBS/1994-2003 starred Roma
Downey as Monica the Angel who was recently promoted from search and rescue to
assisting people in need with their personal problems.
Monica spoke with a soft,
lilting Irish brogue and took on the guise of various occupations as a cover for
her assignments. When she felt the time was right, she revealed her angelic
identity amidst a glowing shower of pure heavenly light.
Along the way, other
angels helped Monica with her assignments, including:
- Tess (Della Reese), a plump black female supervisor who loved to sing
gospel songs and affectionately called everyone "Baby"
- Adam (Charles Rocket), an angel of Death assigned to escort the souls of
people to heaven
- Andrew (John Dye), another angel of Death;
- Gloria
(Valerie Bertinelli), a rather naive, but loving angel in training who appeared
later in the series to assist Monica.
Occasionally, Monica hitched a ride in Tess' 1970 red Cadillac convertible
which Tess received as a gift from a grateful mother for reuniting her with her
family on Monica's first assignment.
In the final episode, Monica is promoted from case worker to supervisor and
drives away in the red Cadillac which Tess gives her as a reward for her
service. Tess then takes a new job in heaven which requires her to sit in God's
presence and sing his praises.
Tess, Monica, Andrew & Gloria
Andrew, Tess & Monica by the Cadillac
Some Thoughts from the
Angels
- "We feel we have so much to lose in this
world. But then you realize if God is there for you, there really isn't that
much to lose."
- "God is not taking anything away from you. The
world takes things away from us. God restores them, a thousand times better."
- "Never forget, when you have lost your faith,
when God is no longer real to you, go back. Go back to the last place you saw
Him. He will be waiting for you there."
- "Bad things are always going to happen in
life. People will hurt you. But you can't use that as an excuse to fail or to
hurt someone back. You only hurt yourself."
- "There is only one thing in this life that is
truly bulletproof. It's faith. Not faith in a gun that will not shoot or a
radio that works. It's the faith that you wrap yourself up in every day of
your life. Faith that no matter what happens, you won't lose God's love. And
all the bullets in the world can't pierce it. And all the pills in the world
can't replace it."
- "Sometimes things can seem random, because God
allows us to have choices. And humans and angels can make bad ones."
- "Love doesn't hide. It stays and fights. It
goes the distance. That's why God made love so strong. So it can carry you,
all the way home."
- "You're a good person on the wrong road and
through an unusual series of events the opportunity has come for you to make
amends. And I have it on good authority that this opportunity is not coming
again. May I suggest you take it by closing your mouth and opening your ears"
- "Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in
the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would understand if you
fell apart, that's true strength."
- "There are great mysteries in this world that
only God understands. But this I do understand; 'No mistake you may have ever
made is bigger than God's power to fix it'."
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"Did you ever hear the story about the man
who was afraid of lions? Well, he was so scared that he ran and he ran and he
ran, and he kept looking behind him to see if a lion was catching up to him.
And he looked over his shoulder so much, he didn't see where he was going. And
one day, guess what he ran smack dab into? A lion."
TRIVIA NOTE: In a TV Guide interview of March 29,
1997 Della Reese (an ordained minister) remarked: "Michael Landon (from Highway
to Heaven) could fix everything, he and his earthly buddy. They changed a
person's life by fixing it. We can't fix it. We give you an opportunity to fix
your life. We give you a chance."
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