WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2020
Luke 2, 16-21:
“And when the eight days were fulfilled that they should circumcise the child, they called his name Jesus, as the angel before his conception had called him.
In Jesus’ time the name shaped the person and the person was meant in the name.
The name Jesus means Saviour.
And in the circumcised child today it is not only the name by which he will be called, but that name will also express the reality and the mission that that child will have entrusted to him by the Father.
Jesus is the Saviour of the world.
At the beginning of a New Year we put ourselves within reach of his salvation.
May all the grace that the Father poured out on Jesus reach all people in this Year that we are now beginning.
May the saving blessing that we read today in the first reading of the Eucharist become a reality in all of us: “May the Lord bless and protect you, may he shine upon you and grant you his favour.
Let us congratulate everyone this year 2020 with these wishes of salvation and peace expressed by these beautiful words from the book of Numbers.
I wish that in you they will become a reality throughout all the days of the Year that we are embarking on.
Happy 2020!
Antonio María Sanjuán Marín, cmf
