Coming to the last day of the year, we would like to spend the last few hours of the year to think about how it has been.
Of course, what has been is history and we cannot change whatever has happened in the past.
Nonetheless we learn from what has happened so that we will become wiser with the experience.
And whatever decisions we have made throughout the year, we know that time will tell us whether those were wise or not.
In the 1st reading, it also talks about the last days.
But those last days reveal who really belonged to Christ, and who never belonged.
And for those who belonged to Christ, then they would believe who Christ really is.
The gospel brings us back to the beginning when there was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God.
So, as we come to the end of the year, we also go back to the beginning.
We go back to the beginnings of our faith when we first heard the Word and came to believe.
And as we look back, let us give thanks to God for giving us the faith to believe that Jesus was the Word made flesh and dwells among us.
And may we continue to believe that Jesus will always be with us, from the beginning to the end.