Angels speak to Joseph in Matthew, to the wise men, and obviously the angel Gabriel brings the news of the incarnation to Mary, and then they accompany Christ throughout his life. They’re with him in the wilderness; they minister to him with the wild beasts; and then in the Garden of Gethsemane, when he is at his lowest – he is sweating blood – the angels are with him. And of course, it is angels who announce the resurrection, and say that Christ is no longer in the tomb, and then point the disciples to heaven when Christ ascends.You can’t take the angels out. 

In the latest episode of Another Life podcast, Joy Clarkson speaks with Alison Milbank.