May the Lord give you grace, peace and health in the Holy Spirit.
It is 31st December 2021. We reflect on 1 John 2:18-21 and John 1:1-18.
The last day of the year. Hope and pray that this is not a lost day without gratitude. We celebrate the memorial of St. Sylvester I, pope. It is the day of recollection, regrouping, reviewing, revisiting and ultimately thanksgiving. Good to find some quality time to look at the way we have been through during this year.
Everyone young and old, rich, and poor, elites and enlightened will surely agree that this year was indeed a challenging one with its storms, stress, and scary moments of volcanic eruptions of pandemic larva running every nook and corner of the world sparing none. Yet among all these, we each one had a moment of blessing, erudition, up-skilling, and connections with communications.
Someone said once, “Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they do not unravel.” Being thankful is the spirituality we all need as we prepare to enter a New Year. “At times our light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted our flame within us,” encourages Albert Schweitzer.
Life is a one-time journey and so let us continue to be nice with one another even to those who provoked us to be nasty. “It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice.”
As the first reading makes us aware of the forces of good and evil and their impact on us. The enemy unleashes evil on good and bad always. The enemy could be from within the community, family and even from within. The anointing we received during the sacraments of initiation is powerful enough to deal with the forces of evil. As John teaches us through the Prologue that the Word of God offers redemption. The incarnation of Jesus has made us become children of God. We all have reason to long for, live for
May the Lord bless you abundantly to be thankful.