Numbers 6:25-26
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 and give you peace!
On this first day of the new year, let me
share with you a nice article from Fr. Ben San Luis, SVD of the Philippine
Daily Inquirer:
In a cartoon strip of a magazine, a young lad wished
his grandfather a Happy New Year.
The grandfather replied cynically: “What is new about
it when every year is just a repetition of what has been happening the past so
many years.”
“A repetition of what has been happening”? I hope that
the time will never come in our life when we feel the same way as that
grandfather.
A New Year is always another chance for us to grow as
a better person or citizen, a better worker or professional, a better husband
or wife, a more virtuous Christian.
As we begin a New Year, let’s THANK the good Lord for
the graces and blessings we’ve received. Some pessimist might say, “What’s
there to thank when we’re going through hard times?”
(Well, then all the more that we should) Be positive.
The trouble with some of us is that we look only for what we don’t have but
overlook what we already have. Remember the boy who complained he had no pair
of shoes? Then he met a boy who had no feet!
Thank the Lord you are still alive. Remember: Life is not all "sugar and
spice and everything nice." It is full of ups and downs. But as long as
we’re alive, there is always hope.
Let us pray
Lord God, thank
you very much for another year with our family and friends. Bless us continually and may we always seek
your name and your mercy as we await in joyful hope for Your return. Amen +
May God bless us in his mercy.
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