A Wonderful Year For Catholics and Personally for Me

What a tremendous year it has been for the Church and for me and my family personally. As we come to the last day of the Christmas octave, I have so much to be grateful for. Most of all the gift of the Incarnation and all the blessings the Christ-child brings to me and my family; leaving Protestantism behind for good and being united to the Catholic Church at the beginning of this past summer; experiencing my prayers being answered that were prayed at the tomb of St. Peter in Rome during Easter week; seeing the prayer of Jesus from John 17 being made real by the Holy Father as he extends his hand of welcome to Anglicans and his continued work towards reunion with the East; giving the space to watch and pray now as we head into 2010 to see what the future holds for me and my family as we further discover God's will for our lives.

Catechesis: “Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary. Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the ‘Seat of Wisdom’” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 721). May she pray for us as we head into the New Year with hope and joy as well as thanksgiving for the year just celebrated!

There has been much pain in 2009 around the world but there has been so much to give thanks for as well. I hope all readers have a blessed New Year of prosperity and good health! Please pray for me as I do for you!