Even in the hot Southern California summer when the temperatures rose to 115 or more, we still wore this inner tunic to bed, and we were required to cover our bodies with at least one sheet with our hands crossing our chest. Some nuns even slept in a coffin to remind themselves that death could overtake them at any time and that our guardian angels would blush if we slept immodestly.
We are never alone as our guardian angels are always with us. We should respect them by dressing modestly at all times, even when alone.
Yes, but God and our guardian angels don't have uncontrolled concupiscence which is a result of Original Sin. Our lower natures are like dogs that run off this way and that, and therefore needs to be disciplined, controlled, and on a leash.
And clothing became required ONLY after Original Sin.
Note that Adam and Eve walked around naked 24/7 before the Fall. Did Adam and Eve cause God and/or the angels to blush before the Fall?What changed for the angels after Adam and Eve fell? Nothing. Only mankind changed -- WE need to wear clothing for OUR benefit, to prevent concupiscence arising in ourselves and others.Our guardian angels would blush? I thought that blushing required having a physical body: cheeks of flesh, blood, and capillaries (blood vessels) in said cheeks that cause the blushing? I was taught that angels were "separated substances" to use a Thomistic theological term, or "pure spirits" in common speech.
The human body isn't evil or disgusting in the sight of God or the angels. Nor does it cause temptation, sin, or enkindling of concupiscence in pure spirits. Angels see human beings as objectively, rationally, and dispassionately as we see a file on our computer. Do I blush if a file hasn't been zipped into a ZIP file archive? Of course not. The angels understand everything with complete intuition. They completely wrap their minds around everything in this natural world. The greatest human genius has more to "explore" and learn from a simple baby toy (like a rattle) than an angel has to learn about *anything* in this world, including quantum physics. For an angel, the whole physical world is like the simplest baby toy.
Saying the angels "blush" just goes to show how they are being anthropomorphized (given human traits), and where such thinking comes from -- thinking subjectively from a human point of view, rather than Catholic dogma or theology.