Tuesday, December 31, 2013

BEGINNING IN GOD'S NAME...

2014... a treasure... wrapped and pressed into our hands...



We have today a wonderful gift that the Lord offers, wrapped and pressed into our hands...the gift of 365 beautiful days! And what better way to start the day than with the Blessings from the Lord:

The Lord bless you and keep you!
The Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you!
The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace! (Num 6: 24-26)

It's all about the fullness of time...
At the appointed time the blessings come our way...

When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman...
so that we might receive adoption as chilren... (Gal 4:4,5)

And as we begin this New Year...
let us do as the Shepherds did...

Glorifying and Praising God
for all that we have heard and seen...(Lk 2:20)
for all the good that we have experienced during the year and 
for all the good that is in store for us this NEW YEAR...

and may be an apt prayer for today could be:

God grant me 
the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the Courage to change the things I can, and
the Wisdom to know the difference!

THANKS to everything that has been...
AMEN to everything that is in store!

WELCOME 2014



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WORD 2day: 31st December, 2013

O sing to the Lord a new song!

Oh what a day to sing a new song! When everyone thinks of something that is ending, the Word calls us today to sing a new song! Not that the liturgy does not take note of the last day...it does! The first reading indeed, speaks of the last days and the things that pertain to the last day! But the responsorial invites us to sing a new song! That is truly a Christ-ian spirit! To sing a new song when every one thinks everything is coming to its end, for our hope has no end. It is a beginning for us... a new beginning, in the Lord, in whom we have "received grace upon grace" (John 1:16). Today...is a day to thank the Lord for everything, for everything that we have walked through this year. Some, we may label 'good', and others we may label 'bad'... but invariably everything has happened with the knowledge of God...there is nothing more blessed than to offer everything up into the hands of God this day, as we await an all new grace from God's hands... a new year that begins at the end of this day. Let us prepare ourselves in thanksgiving to receive an all new grace from God's hands!