NEW YEAR 2026 - LIFE, LIGHT, GRACE, and TRUTH

On the last day of 2025, I am happy to hear the pastor's words at Mass. He focused on four words: LIFE, LIGHT, GRACE, and TRUTH.

1. LIFE: Although the time of the year 2025 ends, we are still alive. Our life will begin again from tomorrow with a new spirit of life in the year 2026. Restart our plans and work in the new year, and remember that human beings are a precious, joyful creation of God.

2. LIGHT: This is the content of the end of the year's Gospel: "What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light." (Jn 1, 1-18)

3. GRACE: Look back to 2025-year, give thanks to God for all the graces that we have received. Despite the advantages or disadvantages of events in 2025, we acknowledge God’s hands - His Providence in our lives. God still bestows His graces on human beings, and we are available to receive...

4. TRUTH: True Truth comes from God and only Him. The world refused this Truth because “He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him.” However, the calling for “all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.” Pray for the year 2026, living in His Truth and becoming a witness of the Truth.

However, one of the most significant things: TODAY! We do not wait for tomorrow for the New Year! Let us embrace the process of becoming our true selves TODAY, not tomorrow, with gratitude for the year past and hope for the year ahead. May we move forward renewed in life, light, grace, and truth, ready to witness these blessings each day. 

Little Stream