Really only related to the first post, but in a thread that discussed things that Uriel has tweaked, I suggested that Heaven might have arranged things very slightly, to get the Foo Dogs to pass through Chicago.
If Heaven can tweak things to get Sanya a SUV when he's going to be needing one, they can certainly play with flight delays other minor things.
Mind you, I'm not suggesting that Heaven arranged the theft, just mitigated the damage by making sure that they passed through Harry's territory & making sure the Monks contacted him. Maybe also just getting Mouse to appreciate Harry, without messing with his free will.