As fireworks fade and gym memberships spike, New Year’s resolutions once again promise inner transformation. The familiar refrain of “new year, new me” rears its annual head, and I will admit that I have made a vision board for the second year running. Not to manifest in the worldly sense, but to help keep my eyes fixed on what matters: the goals, intentions, and hopes I am prayerfully carrying into the year ahead. As the saying goes, the days are long but the years are short. Without intention or momentum, much can remain stubbornly unchanged.
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Making resolutions the Church’s way: continual conversion, not self-improvement
As New Year’s resolutions return with their promises of self-reinvention, the Church offers a quieter but more demanding alternative
Delphine Chui
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