NEW YEAR DAY. WORLD DAY OF PEACE. Solemnity
of Mary, Mother of God
Year C.
FIRST READING
Numbers 6:22—27
Numbers 6:22—27
SECOND READING
Galatians 4:4—7
Galatians 4:4—7
GOSPEL
Luke 2:16—21
Luke 2:16—21
THEME: LET US BE NEW BY LEAVING EVIL AND SEEKING PEACE WHICH MARY
HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO PRINCE OF PEACE.
We have three great celebrations today and three of them are very
significant in our lives. Today is the beginning of a New Year, today being a
beginning of a New Year is the world day of peace and the Church is celebrating
today Mary Mother of God. Three great feasts but related. Let us take them one
after the other.
New Year: What is new in us about this New Year? At the beginning of
every year, people make different resolutions. This and that is (are) my New
Year resolution (s). To what end? How many weeks do we keep to those
resolutions we make? Some do not exceed January, some February and mostly the
highest will last till March and we will go back to our normal way of life. New
Year does not change any person rather we are the ones to change ourselves. It
is good to make resolutions and work towards achieving them for that is a way
of planning life. These beautiful resolutions we make have to be renewed if we
want to achieve them. Let us try and see if we can write them down and check
them or read them each day before embarking on the day’s activities and again
at night to check the effort made. How can we connect this to the second
celebration? Continue Reading.............