Under Angel Wings

If I had the funds I would buy several dozen copies of this book and hand it out to everyone I know, then to strangers coming out of church. This is a wonderful book. There are only a handful of books I have read that I wished would never end. This was certainly one of them. Sr. Maria Antonia, a Franciscan nun, lived from 1900-1939. Her prioress instructed her to write down her story (much as St. Therese was told her write her story). Sr. Maria Antonio wrote this small book while in her sick bed, she never got to finish it. Much to our loss, it concludes when she is 20. She relates tales of her life wherein she felt the physical presence of her guardian angel who would lay his hand on her shoulder to stop her from doing wrong and would shield her eyes with his wings to prevent her from seeing sinful acts around her and when she got older, talk to her through locutions. Her reminiscences are from ages 4-20 and they are so interesting. Many times I put the book down and thought about what tempted her and how her angel prevented her from sinning to keep her pure and how in our world so many of these things would not be considered very bad at all. In our 'culture of death' as it has been called, sin abounds to such a degree we are desensitized to it. Reading this book put me back in touch with the purity God desires for us and from us in our words, thoughts, and deeds. It is written simply, as an innocent child would write, but it is profound and will touch your soul and hopefully inspire meticulous examination of your own words, thoughts and deeds.

This is an incredible book... I love it so much... I just wish I could have kept it.When I opened the book to read, pages and dried glue started falling out... all through to the middle and most of the end.

[Tiny spoiler alert at the end.] The tone and writing of this book is so wonderfully innocent and I loved the author's experiences when she was young with her guardian angel (and with her spiritual adviser, and with Jesus and Mary!), and I smiled at the asterisks from the editor that said things to the effect that we are not allowed to baptize or confirm people unless it is in an emergency. It made me so happy to think of that child going up to an old man and teaching him about Jesus and baptizing him. SO beautiful in her devotion and innocence. And the part about the angel spreading his wings to keep her from seeing things she shouldn't!? ADORABLE! I love this book. I will read it again.

This is a very unusual book which I would say counts as spiritual reading. Sister Maria Antonia had for most of her life a close, communicative relationship with her guardian angel. Very few people knew about this unusual familiarity she enjoyed with her 'new friend' from early childhood until she was 36 (she died at the age of 39). She only wrote out this account of her life under obedience to her religious superior. The book is fairly short and she stopped without a nice wrapped up ending because of getting too ill to continue. It was and is edifying to me to find out that our guardian angel's responsibility is to keep us pure and protected from anything which would thwart our getting to heaven. And our angel loves us and is either pleased or saddened by our behavior like a nanny taking care of a child. I recommend the book.

God has commissioned our angels to guide us to Heaven! They certainly will not remain idilly by but remain active in our daily lives. While most of us will not receive the same grace as Sr. Maria Antonia, do we ACTIVELY search out and understand our angels guidance every day? I will use Sr. Maria Antonia's simple yet edidying story to meditate on my own Guardian Angel's daily presence !

I chose the four star rating because I do not believe that anything written can be all things to all people.This gently written book about a young girl and her experiences with her guardian angel can enlighten many if they are receptive to it.I recommend this book to those who are able to pick out the gems of wisdom hidden and/or obvious in the writing. These gems can be spiritually advanatageous to those who are not turned off by what may seem as unbelievable. God does use circumstances such as these to convey spiritual truths. It would grieve me for someone to read the book out of curiosity and then ridicule it.

I liked that these experiences are written by the same person who experienced them. This woman had a mystical relationship with our Lord from a very early age. She lived a privileged life as a child, yet she made many sacrifices that were requested of her. It is very interesting how her guardian angel protected and guided her throughout her life. Easy reading.

I love the other reviews of this book more than I love the book itself. The idea of the book is wonderful. The story is wonderful. The fact that it is a true story is inspiring. I simply found the actual reading very belabored and dull at times for an adult and or even older child over the age of 12. I've struggled to read over the course of months. I am also not Roman Catholic so as a Christian but an outsider to Catholicism it is reads as "very Catholic" at times which is not a negative just not a given assumption in my case. I still recommend the book. The story is too important and too holy not to be known and held sacred especially by today's youth who could be so inspired by it.

I loved this book which I had read before. I love books about nuns or sisters. I wish I could have done likewise.

I found the book reading a small local magazine that made a reference to the book. It intrigued me and so i looked the book up. I found it extremely interesting and amazed to know it was in "recent " times.

Beautiful

Bellissimo