A Prayer for the New Year

New Year’s Prayer

Author Unknown

Printed in SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church Bulletin January 1, 2012

God of our yesterdays, our today and our tomorrows, we praise You for Your greatness.

Thank You for the year behind us and for the year ahead.

Help us this New Year to fret less and laugh more.

Help us to teach our children to laugh by laughing with them,

to teach others to love by loving them.

Help us to hear Your love song in the chirping of the sparrows in our backyards,

in the stories of our old folks and the fantasies of our children.

We rejoice in the world You loved into being.

Thank You for another New Year and new chances every day.

We pray for peace, for light and for hope, that we might spread them to others.

AMEN

The antique holiday postcards featured in this post

are somewhat rare and hard to find. 

They were created specifically for the 1913 New Year

with the date prominently printed on the face of the card.

Hope you enjoy these 100-year-old treasures.

Antique Postcard from my Personal Collection
Marked SB on Front of Card

Antique Postcard from my Personal Collection
Marked B. 106 on Front of Card

Antique Postcard from my Personal Collection
Published by Barton & Spooner, S 84, Made in U.S.A.
Postally Unused

Antique Postcard from my Personal Collection
John Winsch Publishing, Copyright 1912

Happy New Year!

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