A review of the past

How much of this do you remember?




Before leaving 2009, consider the words of St. Jane de Chantal:

We are at the end of another year, a year which, like so many before it, is about to become the past. Time passes. The years come and go, and we, likewise, will pass and come to an end as well. We must make a strong and absolute resolution that, if Our Lord should grant us yet another year, we will make better use of it than those years that have come – and gone - before. Let us walk with a new step in God’s divine service and to our greater perfection. Let us take great courage to labor in earnest.

Please take this to heart. What is the point of beginning a new year if not to renew ourselves to the task at hand? Otherwise, we should not be astonished to find ourselves in the same place this time next year with little or nothing to show for it. I desire that this not happen to you; rather, consider how you make use of every day that God is pleased to give you. Let us embrace the responsibilities and challenges of life in the best way that we can; let us employ the time that God gives us with great care. While we hope in God’s divine compassion, may we also remember to do what is good.

So, then, let us begin this New Year in the name of our Lord. Let us recommit ourselves to serving God and one another faithfully, especially in small and simple ways. God wants only that which we can do, but that which we can do God clearly expects from us. Therefore, let us be diligent in giving our best to God, leaving the rest in the hands of God’s infinite mercy.

Don’t forget to enter this week’s contest, found here. It’s the last one for 2009!