Can you also be an angel for your neighbor?

Each human being has an angel, thank God. We badly need him in our chaotic daily lives, for otherwise, we would get into big trouble. Even when we are about to lose our inner compass, the angel still watches over us and does his utmost to keep us on the right track. A Dutch saying goes: Children and drunkards have a special angel.

Still, an angel is not sufficient to prepare our way on earth. What would happen to us if there were no human beings who cross our path? One person can become as an angel for another when he serves him selflessly.

Christ—even Christ—also needs such a companion on earth, who prepares His way. “See, I send my angel before you.” (Mt.11:10) This task, the task of John the Baptist, is given to each human being, not only to the greatest of all human beings on earth. Each of us, wherever we go or stay, is called to stand ready for his neighbor like an angel. Since Christ lived on earth, since someone asked him: “Who is my neighbor?” we know who that is: for every person we meet on the path of our life, we can become a neighbor.