Here’s to new beginnings, and to the New Year 2025. May it be gentler, may it bring peace and joy. May this Jubilee Year bear its fruits: that the land may rest, that captives be freed, debts forgiven, and it be a year for joy and celebration, a time for deep spiritual renewal.

2024 was for me an important year, with very significant milestones, where I have journeyed quite a lot, but also one that was deeply challenging. For the joys and blessings, I’m grateful to the Lord; for my shortcomings, I ask forgiveness; as for the challenges, past and present, I entrust all to the Almighty.

Photo: sunrise over the Sea of Galilee, from Tiberias, 29 December 2024

[first posted on Facebook, 01 January 2025]