Papa God, as the tomorrow’s of 2021 diminish and the hope of 2022 beckons, I place my life in your hands and surrender it all to you. Give me the grace to be as obedient to your Holy Spirit as Simeon, and the strength to accept your blessings as both a crown of joy and a cross of sorrow like Mary. And when at last all powerful Master, you give leave to your servant to return to you, receive me I pray, with the same joy as one who found his lost sheep, or who welcomes home his prodigal son.