“Glory to God in the Highest”
Continue contemplating the Nativity. Join the shepherds in the countryside and then journey with them to visit the baby Jesus. As you pray through Jesus’ life, you will notice how often he surrounds himself with people like the shepherds—those who are poor and on the margins of society. Rejoicing in the good news of Jesus’ birth, the shepherds become Jesus’ first disciples.
The Grace I Seek
I pray for the following grace: to know Jesus more intimately, to love him more intensely, and to follow him more closely.
Read
Read Luke 2:8–20. (The Shepherds Visit Jesus)
Accompany the shepherds as they hear the good news and visit the baby Jesus.
Glory to God in the Highest is actually Glory to God in the Lowest. Glory to God in the unseen. It seems quite clear.
This is Spring Break Week at my university. All students are gone, and many staff. We had a holiday Monday (blest holiday!) but today we are back, and it appears that I am the only one from my division who is actually working in this building. 'Tis very peaceful so far. Outside the storm is storming, but birds are singing because this rain is here to stay a few days. I'm all alone...
Except that one who serves us, all of us who use this building, is working also. I met our custodian, Dora, today. Most of the custodial staff work early midnight to midday, so if we see them it's largely in the hallways, polishing glass doors or emptying recycle bins. They work in our offices in the early hours of the mornings, when we are still sleeping. I introduced myself to Dora this morning as I came in: somehow I have been here 4 months and apparently have been too busy and full of myself to do that. (I said hello, but to stop and introduce?)
Today's a new day, rainy and spring. I planted a garden this weekend. What may come?
