May the newness
of this moment
be for you
like dewfall
keeping your footfall
hushed
and quiet.
May your way ahead
be cleared
with all that needs
to be surrendered
entrusted
as ash
to winds yet to rise.
May yours
be
this moment
a heart
entering a dawn
ready
to tread a path lightly
and receive all with grace.
Christine Kelly
“You have not yet written to me the greetings for New Year!
I know too well your good heart and your charity.
Pray very much to Our Lord that he will animate me with his Spirit in order that he direct me in all that I do and all that I say and that I work only for his greater glory.”
Mother Thérèse to Sister Agnes
14 January 1835
‘What’s the desire of your heart as you begin this new year’?
‘Who do you want to pray for as you begin this new year’?.
By Michelle Hogan, Waikanae Companion