We humans mostly like new things. And even if we do not like the present new leadership, we at last know there is newness already.
But the Bible often means much more. They sang about their freedom from Egypt. They sang about when David became the new leader of them as a people. They often sang about newness in their lives. They sang about the newness of forgiveness, which we sing every Friday in the morning office, Psalm 51. All through the Bible they sing about newness of one kind or another.
But the greatest and most wonderful newness is the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
That mystery gives us a great expanse for newness. In Isaiah, God says he will make a new way in the wilderness…so if you feel like you’re in confusion as if in a wilderness, just ask God to lead you in a new way.
Again in Isaiah, God says I will make you hear new things. But to hear we have really to listen. And over and over we hear that God has mercy and love for us. There is only goodness in God, only love
In Jeremiah we read that the Lord says I will make a New Covenant. We live in that covenant and celebrate God’s promises to us often, especially in Holy Mass.
In Lamentations is a favorite of mine: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, say my soul, therefore will I hope in Him.
This newness is in us every day, because God is within us. We live and walk in God, and as Paul say: Christ in you, your hope of glory. 1 Col.
As we say at the end of Ps.73: My heart and my flesh may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
With God giving total attention to each of us, it seems a strong invitation to give ever more attention to God. Which is why we pray.
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