Following the beautiful celebration of the Nativity, the first month of the new year has already passed through the door to settle in our home. In the spirit of a new beginning symbolized by the month of January, let us pray our good grandmother Saint Anne to be our support and to inspire us with a deep and sincere desire to change or to root out what needs to be erased. But also, let us ask her to assist us in our will to strengthen everything in us that is beautiful, good and worth growing. Through her powerful intercession with Jesus, the Infant God, and the assistance of her daughter Mary, may Saint Anne be for us, throughout this new year, a source of help and comfort, in joy as well as in the trials that will mark out our journey through life.