December 31, 2009
Thursday 7th Day in the Octave of Christmas(St. Sylvester I, pope)

Read

Read a retrospective on the events of the past year in your daily newspaper or online. 

Daily Readings

Pray

Prayers, p. 19 For the New Year
Dear brothers and sisters,
at the beginning of this new year
let us revive within us the commitment
to open our minds and hearts to Christ,
sincerely showing him our desire
to live as his true friends. . . .
May Mary help us open our hearts
to the Emmanuel
who took on our poor, weak flesh
in order to share with us
the arduous journey of earthly life.
In the company of Jesus, however,
this tiring journey becomes a joyful journey.
Let us proceed
together with Jesus,
let us walk with him
and thus the new year will be a happy and good year.
Audience
January 3, 2007

Reflect

“Today humanity appears much more interactive than in the past: this shared sense of being close to one another must be transformed into true communion. The development of peoples depends, above all, on a recognition that the human race is a single family working together in true communion, not simply a group of subjects who happen to live side by side...”

Pope Benedict XVI

Caritas in Veritate, # 53

Act

Help young people in your community learn more about the social teachings of the Church.  Invite your parish and schools in your area to become involved in the Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest, sponsored by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

http://www.usccb.org/cchd/youth.shtml#contest