2024-01-15 01:22:58
Dear friends:
When something begins, horizons and opportunities are glimpsed. This is what happens at the beginning of every life; That is why children are a sign of hope. This is what happens when you start a project, between the uncertainties and the desires that are pursued. This is what happens at the beginning of a new year, which is still close…
But the novelty of being somewhere is not in the number. Changing calendar pages or year numbers do not contribute anything in themselves. We will have to look elsewhere for the source and engine of this novelty.
For Christians, “the new” always comes from the hand of God. He is the one who “makes all things new.” From below, from within and from nearby. Through his incarnation, Jesus Christ has been united, in a certain way, to every person, and he who opens his life to them can see himself renewed, expanded, and hopeful. His life is a reference that opens horizons to our narrow views. His Word is guidance in the midst of the crossroads of each day. His preferences blow up our selfishness and individualism. His Kingdom, which has already begun, but has not yet manifested itself in its fullness, makes us walk further, without settling. The only condition is to let his Spirit act in us, saying “let it be done to me,” as Mary did.
The beginning of a new year can be an opportunity to ask myself, before the Lord, how much of an “old man” there is in me – who lives from himself and for himself, with the anguish that this entails – and to ask Him to continue shining in me. the “new man”, that is, his own Life in me. Because, as the Gospel tells us today, “No one puts new wine into old wineskins (…); to new wine, new wineskins”.
Renew, Lord, my life;
Let me let you in, so you can
remove the superfluous,
fix what can be improved,
and add what is necessary.
May my life be a reflection of your life,
living from the Father, for others,
with you, as you and for you.
May it be so, today and always. Amen.
Your brother in faith:
Luis Manuel Suárez CMF (@luismanuel_cmf)
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