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    Dec 29 at 4:42 AM
     
     
    “Happy New Year”
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    Dear Deacon Nguyen,

    Time to get dressed up in your best finery. No, I’m not thinking of New Year’s Eve, although I love a good party just as much as anyone! I’m thinking of Paul’s advice— to put on the mantle of compassion, kindness, humility, forgiveness... you add the rest.

    Why do we make New Year’s resolutions? Because we want to be better people of faith than we were before. At their deepest level, I think of New Year’s resolutions as profound expressions of faith—a desire to bring God into our plan for personal improvement! And we know that God’s presence is the one ingredient that insures success.
    “Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another...”
    ~ Colossians 3:12-13
    In the course of a new year, there will be detours and distractions aplenty. That’s why we have prayer and the Sacraments to keep us grounded. And we have each other. Those of us on this Journey of Faith are joined together in prayer all year long. The more we pray together, the deeper our relationship with Christ and one another.

    Dinh, as you begin a New Year, remember the unique gifts that God gave you in Baptism. Whatever your New Year’s resolutions, infuse them with the faith of a missioner committed to witnessing the Gospel and sharing God’s eternal love. I know it will be bountiful year. Prayer will make it so.
    Father Raymond J. Finch, M.M. Sincerely yours in Christ,
    Father Raymond J. Finch, M.M.
    Prayer for Feast of the Holy Family
    God of all time and space
    You left eternity and heaven
    to dwell with us on earth.
    Into Your merciful hands
    we commend this passing year
    with all its joys and sorrows,
    victories and failures,
    to do with what You will.

    And from the wellspring of Your mercy
    let me draw refreshing waters
    of renewal and rebirth.
    God of past, present, and future
    I consecrate this new year to Your
    name and dedicate it to help
    building up Your kingdom here on earth:
    a kingdom of peace and justice,
    a kingdom of love and understanding,
    that all peoples may come to know
    Your saving grace, and praise Your Holy Name
    till the end of time.

    Amen.
    ~ Father Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M.
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