Blessings for the New Year

O God, your days are without beginning and without end. We dedicate this coming year to you. Give us such prosperity as you know is good for us, and make us abound in doing whatever is pleasing to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
[Source: Mozarabic Collect for New Year]

May the Lord give you His peace! Happy New Year!! For us as Catholics we already celebrated our new Church year on the first day of Advent. This new calendar year, however, gives us yet another opportunity to give thanks for all of the ways that God has blessed us in this past year and to look forward with hope to all of the blessings to come. In the spirit of gratitude, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who made this year’s celebration of Christmas such a joyful and meaningful experience. All of God’s blessings upon you in this New Year!!

Fr. Fernan Serrano