God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

    whose years never fail

    and whose mercies are new each returning day

let the radiance of your Spirit renew our lives

    warming our hearts and giving light to our minds

that we may pass through the coming year

    in joyful obedience and firm faith

through him who is the beginning and the end

    your Son Christ our Lord.

David Silk,1936- , English priest

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He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!”

Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
He said to me: “It is done.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.

To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.

Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.