Once again it's been much too long since my last post. I don't have one specific direction for this post, so please bear with me as a jump around a lot.
First and foremost, I hope everyone had a blessed, joyous Christmas spent with loved ones. it truly is a magical day, and I hope your hearts were filled with the joy of not only our Savior's birth, but also with the joy of being surrounded by family and friends, the beauty of a Christmas snow, and the satisfaction that we are all filled with after a successful day.
Secondly, there was New Year's Day. A holy day of obligation. Now, I'll admit that I must not have been paying very much attention for the last 19 years of my life, but I always thought the reason we went to mass on the first was because it was the first day of the new year. I assumed it was a day to say thankyou for the last 365 days and prepare ourselves spriritually for the next 525,600 minutes. It's not.
The first of January is a day to recognize the miracle of God coming to live amoung us as a HUMAN, and also a day to recognize Mary's role as both his mother and ours. It is a day where the definition as God as our father and brother is really defined as we are encouraged to look more closely at the holy family and the role they play in our individual lives.
Knowing that God walked among us and lived as one of us makes it easier for us to trust Him and go to Him with our issues - we can be made more confident that He understands what it is like to be human. The church asks us to set aside this day at the begining of every year to reflect on the humanity of God... and how we can use his example to become better persons.
So maybe it's not about New Years Day ... but it does give us a sense of what God would like to see us make our resolution for the new year be.
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