Happy New Year
“You crown the year with
the given opportunity.
Your goodness, And Your
to
repentance.
fasting
is
Therefore,
important
not
paths drip with abundance.” The sacrament of repentance only because the church
(Psalm 65:11) and confession is one of the called for it, but also to get
seven sacraments that our improved
spiritually.
It
is
We thank the Lord for another beautiful
new year and for the new for us. If we are serious that we can experience a
chances He allowed us every about our eternal lives, we new and better way to live
day. As a matter of fact, we must give true repentance. a life with eternal meaning.
should thank Him for the Also, we need to set aside So, despite we step out into
year behind us as well as for time each day to talk with the unknown new year, we
the year ahead. We need to God and to listen to Him. believe the Lord Almighty is
ask our Savior to forgive us We must communicate with and will be with us always.
for falling short the past year God on daily basis by prayer, May the Lord God grant us
and to support and guide us reading of Holy Scripture to all a new start that glorifies
to do His will this year. The dwell in His presence. Our His holy name through the
only reason that God allows holy fathers experienced that intersessions of Saint Mary
us to live up to this day is to when they fasted, they were and Saint Stephen! Amen
repent, so, we need to walk in an environment conducive
church
toward our heavenly goal.
We need to repent regularly,
we will discover God’s Spirit
working within us, and we
will begin to see changes
occur in our lives. When we
give a true repentance and
confession, our Lord will
accept us in heaven. So, we
need to take advantage of
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arranged through
these
disciplines