01.01.2025 | Happy New Year

As the dawn remains distant on this long, dark winter's night, the new year quietly begins. The days are brief, and the nights stretch endlessly ahead, with months of shortened days still to endure. Yet, there is always the promise of light.
 
Everything has transformed. Standing in the Carondelet Garden, I witness rebirth. It’s not just a simple turn of the calendar page, but a profound change in the soil where new life, sheltered deep within the earth, prepares to ascend toward the impending light of longer days. The author of Hebrews reminds us that we move forward with faith, certain of what we hope for, and assured of what we cannot see.
 
On this first day of 2025, we embark on a new year in the deepest darkness, but out of this darkness, we too reach for the coming light. We know the light will shine, and better days are yet to come. This year is filled with the faith of unseen things, the hope of new beginnings, and the desire to spread love and joy along our journey. Happy and Blessed New Year!