Book Review: A Year with the Angels by Mike Aquilina

A Year with the Angels: Daily Meditations with the Messengers of God by Mike Aquilina

Following the successful format of A Year with the Church Fathers, Aquilina offers daily meditations that center around angels. He uses the same structure: each page has a title with a brief explanation and then a longer citation from the Church Fathers (no medieval or modern stuff, so very much like the first book), followed by a reflection question and a prayer, both following on the theme of the text. Many of the reflections are about the presence and the help that the angels offer to us--they are aids and guardians in our earthly life. Other texts look to them as examples for good behavior, consistent effort, or hope for the glorious life in Heaven. This book has been helpful to remind me constantly of the presence and the power of angels.

The book has a nice leather cover, gold foil edges, and a ribbon attached to keep your place as you make progress. The paper is high quality and each right-hand page has an unobtrusive water mark in the corner of a statue of an angel. It looks good on your shelf and feels good in your hands. The book is a handsome volume.

Highly recommended.