“Here, then, is the real grace for us to ponder. It is to recognize who God sends to us, noticing when he does and to open in friendship toward him or her. We need to learn how to look up, if you will, when we pray, but also to look sideways for those whom God sends to us. In God’s typical way, every friend becomes God’s herald and forerunner.”
Fr. Rick Ganz, SJ, director of Saint Peter Faber Institute and a member of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), from Book of Days:Christmas Reflections from the Northwest