The document contains a collection of prayers and reflections for the New Year, emphasizing themes of surrendering to God’s will, seeking His guidance, and expressing gratitude for new beginnings. Various religious figures, including Charles de Foucauld, Saint Teresa of Avila, and Martin Luther King Jr., are quoted, highlighting the importance of faith, patience, and love in facing life's challenges. The overall message encourages readers to embrace change and trust in God's providence throughout the year ahead.

2. Heavenly Father, I abandon myself into your hands.
Do with me whatever you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you.
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures.
Into your hands I commend my spirit.
I offer it to you with all the love that is in my heart.
For I love you, Lord, and so want to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands,
without reserve and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father. Amen.
— Charles de Foucauld
God's Will in the New Year

3. Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.
— Saint Teresa of Avila
God Alone is Sufficient

4. O God, your days are without beginning and without
end. We dedicate this coming year to you.
Give us such prosperity as you know is good for us,
and make us abound in doing whatever is pleasing
to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Collect for New Year
New Year Prayer

5. O Lord, you have mercy on all. Take away my
sins,
and mercifully kindle in me the fire of your Holy
Spirit.
Take away my heart of stone and give me a heart
of flesh, a heart to love and adore you, a heart to
delight in you, to follow and to enjoy you, for
Christ’s sake. Amen.
Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
Prayer for a Renewed Heart

6. O Jesus, our Savior and our Lord, by the proclamation of
your grace, you took the yoke of the law from our necks,
and removed the burden from our shoulders to your
own;
Hear the prayers of your Church, that we may joyfully
serve you here, and see your glorious presence in all its
joy in the life to come; through your mercy, O our God,
you are blessed, and live and govern all things, now and
forever. Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Collect for New Year
New Year's Day: Name of Jesus

7. Holy and Mighty Father,
Every season of life has an end and a new beginning,
which I thank You for. I thank You for Your Word,
which reminds us that everything in the universe has
a season.
As a result, I thank You for the things that have come
to a close in my life, and I bless You for the new
beginnings. Amen, I pray in Jesus' name.
— Ecclesiastes 3:1
For New Beginnings

8. Dear Father,
You are the God of love and I thank You that You are with me
in every change and transition. I trust in Your Word that says,
“the Lord Your God goes with you.”
Therefore, as I enter into this new season, I will not be
anxious of the uncertainty, but I declare Your Word that says,
I must not be anxious for anything but in everything through
prayer and supplication, I will make my requests be made
known unto You.
Amen.
— Deuteronomy 31:6, Philippians 4:6
Do Not Be Anxious

9. I am no longer my own, but yours.
Put me to what you will, place me with whom you will.
Let me be put to work for you or set aside for you,
Praised for you or criticized for you.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and fully surrender all things to your glory and
service.
And now, O wonderful and holy God, Creator, Redeemer,
and Sustainer, you are mine, and I am yours.
So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth,
Let it also be made in heaven. Amen.
John Wesley
In Your Hands

10. Thou Eternal God, out of whose absolute power and infinite
intelligence the whole universe has come into being, we humbly
confess that we have not loved thee with our hearts, souls and minds,
and we have not loved our neighbors as Christ loved us. We have all
too often lived by our own selfish impulses rather than by the life of
sacrificial love as revealed by Christ. We often give in order to receive.
We love our friends and hate our enemies. We go the first mile but
dare not travel the second. We forgive but dare not forget. And so as
we look within ourselves, we are confronted with the appalling fact
that the history of our lives is the history of an eternal revolt against
you. But thou, O God, have mercy upon us. Forgive us for what we
could have been but failed to be. Give us the intelligence to know your
will. Give us the courage to do your will. Give us the devotion to love
your will. In the name and spirit of Jesus, we pray. Amen.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Give Us Mercy

11. May God make your year a happy one!
Not by shielding us from all sorrows and pain,
But by strengthening us to bear it, as it comes;
Not by making our path easy,
But by making us sturdy to travel any path;
Not by taking hardships from us,
But by taking fear from our heart;
Not by granting us unbroken sunshine,
But by keeping our face bright, even in the shadows;
Not by making our life always pleasant,
But by showing us when people and their causes need us most,
and by making us anxious to be there to help.
God's love, peace, hope and joy to us for the year ahead.
- Author Unknown; Adapted by Debra Mooney
The Year Ahead

12. Thank You!
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