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Verbum Dei Missionaries Singapore 73 Taman Mas Merah Singapore 128195 Tel: 62740251 Email: [email protected] Website: www.verbumdeisingapore.org Soon, the Chinese world will bid farewell to the year of the snake and welcome the year of the horse. What will the Lunar New Year bring? Will this year of the horse bring to us speedy success, unexpected romances, surprising adventures? No one knows what this New year will bring. No one can predict whether it will be a good year or not. One thing for sure is that we are invited to live this new Lunar New Year with faith. ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. ’ (Rev 3, 20) God is the one taking the first step each new year, each new day, to invite us to open our doors to him and let him cross the threshold of our lives. He has so much love to give to us; so much peace to share with us; and He longs to be the Lord and God of our hearts. God takes and keeps taking the initiative. What about us? Faith is to open the door of our hearts and never get tired of asking God to stay with us, in moments of our profound joy as well as moments of our deepest pain. Too often, we open the doors of our hearts to fears that paralyze us, instead of Love that strengthens us. We open the doors of our hearts to voices that make us hopeless, and do not listen to the voice of Love telling us that there is hope. We live through each day working hard for things that offer no guarantee for the future, and we forget to work for love that opens us to God and others. It is a challenge to live with faith. Yet, as Christians, we are called to live with God, the source of faithful love and everlasting peace. In this year of the horse, may we gallop with renewed faith as we place our lives and our loved ones in the hands of Love. A blessed Lunar New Year to all! 1
