Another New Year
has stolen upon us. As life goes on, the year seems to get shorter and
life itself gets more rushed and stressful. Maybe, it is that we are
becoming more and more overloaded. We are bombarded with information,
knowledge, news propaganda, advertising, entertainment and noise. The
battle for our interest is intense. It is easy to dissipate one's time
and energy over a vast range of experience - it is only the reflected-upon
experience that enriches.
Even religious
experience will not deepen faith unless one takes time to make it one's
own. The word of God is a privileged way to experience the basic fact
that this fast moving world is God's gift to all people without exception.
He has chosen to send his Son to be one of us that we may share his
life forever. This awesome message is the core of today's gospel. We
may be too overloaded to hear it and may have to jettison something
to be able to heed it.
My New Year wish
for you is the same as Paul's for the Ephesians. 'May the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom
and perception of what is revealed to bring you to full knowledge of
him. May he enlightened the eyes of your mind so that you can see what
hope his call hold for you.'