Note:  Tomorrow's slice of bread will arrive on Thursday,January 3.

Today, besides being New Year's Day on the secular calendar, is both the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God and the World Day of Peace on the liturgical calendar.  How fitting to begin the new year by honoring the other of God, the Theotokos, God-bearer, and by praying for peace, a reality that continually eludes us in our individual lives and in our world.  Certainly, our Mother and Queen of Peace is the one to approach, for peace, which,  it seems, does not come with our efforts alone, but with the grace of God.  We need God's intervention for what seems so impossible for us alone to find.  Amidst our continuing family celebrations and football games, might we find time to attend Mass, Worship Services or for personal prayer for peace in our hearts, our family, the lives of our friends and in our world.  As the song should go, "Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with God!"  Mary, Mother of God, lead us to the path of peace, the peace which only the Father can give.
Bro Rene