THE END

the end “Children, it is the final hour.” —1 John 2:18 On this last day of the year, you may look back on 2020 and see that many antichrists have appeared (1 Jn 2:18). It may have been a very difficult year. However, tough years need not be bad years. Even the most “impossible” year can be good. Even the most sinful year can be turned to the good by repentance, forgiveness, and total commitment to Jesus. “All’s well that ends well.” End this year by accepting God’s grace. Even if you have endured such a year as Job had, you have so much for which to be thankful. No suffering or tragedy should overshadow the “love following upon love” (Jn 1:16) that God pours out over you. “Of His fullness we have all had a share” (Jn 1:16). The Lord has again “crowned the year” with His bounty (Ps 65:12). “Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and just” (introduction to the Preface at Mass).