Dear Friend,
In a matter
of a few days, we end 2014.
2015 will be
laid out before us, whole and entire, precious for the unfolding of our lives,
Our Church
gives us Mary as our companion as we approach the new year:
Mary, the
Mother of God, our mother, sister and friend.
When the
time was right, by God’s reckoning,
Mary said
yes to God and the timeless Word of God came through her to all of us.
Now the time
is right for us also to say yes to God in a fresh new way.
We may have
said yes to God in 2014, and for many years before that, but yes is a word that
is best repeated, renewed in our conviction as we come to a new point in life.
Some
beliefs, values and hopes, desires and relationships we carry with us into the
new year.
These are
time-honored.
Still other
life-ingredients from 2014 and before,
We fling
away, walk away from, disavow, reject, hardly remember.
Hey are
time-bound.
God knows
what the coming year will bring.
At the same
time, God is not capricious, not a manipulator of our future,
but in a
loving glance, sees yesterday, today and tomorrow as one.
God honors
our choices. God knows their outcome.
But we don’t
know.
Like Mary,
before the power of the Most High overshadowed her,
all we can
do is trust that our willingness to say yes to God
Is the right
thing, the generous, life-stirring thing to do.
Our own
emptiness is needed, so that God’s Spirit may lead us in new ways.
Here and
now, pause and place your hand over your heart, and sit quietly for a moment.
Give God all of 2014. Give God all of our unknowing about the new year and all
our willingness to be faithful. Let the beating of our heart be a yes to God.
As the year continues, pause every now and again, place your hand over your
heart, take a moment of quiet and repeat your yes.
Yes is the
beginning of the joy of knowing God, loving God and all creation. Happy
New Year.
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