# Reflecting on the year and the mystery of the Holy Trinity
*2015-12-31*

> On the final day of 2015, Bill Young reflects on the feast of St. Sylvester, the global need for peace, and the profound prayer of Blessed Elizabeth of the Holy Trinity.

## The Feast of St. Sylvester

Today is December 31st, the last day of the year, and the feast day of Pope St. Sylvester. He was a humble man and a great pope who worked alongside Constantine to accomplish many great things in Rome.

## Prayers for Peace and Mercy

As we close out the year, we pray for peace around the world and for the safety of all those celebrating, especially in major cities like New York, Paris, Rome, and London. Reflecting on 2015, we remember those who lost their lives in Paris, San Bernardino, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, and across Africa. It is always a struggle of good versus evil, but good always triumphs in the end. One day, when Jesus Christ returns, He will be the final judge over all.

As we move into 2016, we continue in the Year of Mercy. We ask for mercy for all our souls and pray that we may return to God and ask forgiveness for all the sins we have committed in our lives.

## A Prayer to the Holy Trinity

I want to share a prayer written by Blessed Elizabeth of the Holy Trinity: 

"My God, Holy Trinity, whom I adore, may I immerse myself at every moment ever more in the depths of your mystery. Give peace to my soul. Make it your heaven and place of your rest. O eternal Word, Word of my God, Christ my Lord, I want to pass my life listening to you. In the night of my soul and in my emptiness, I want to contemplate you always and remain before your great light. Oh, my beloved star, attract me so that I may never again draw myself away from the radiation of your light. Oh, my first person, my all, my beatitude, infinite solitude, immensity in which I lose myself. I abandon myself to you. Bury yourself in me, so that I may be buried in you, while waiting to contemplate in your light the abyss of your greatness. Amen."

*In the face of worldly evil, we find peace by abandoning ourselves to the infinite mystery and light of the Holy Trinity.*