This is the day the Lord has made - a day far different

"This is the day the Lord has made - a day far different from those made 
when the world was first created and which are measured by the passage of 
time. This is the beginning of a new creation. On this day, as the prophet 
says, God makes a new heaven and a new earth. What is this new heaven? you 
may ask. It is the firmament of our faith in Christ. What is the new earth? 
A good heart, a heart like the earth, which drinks up the rain that falls 
on it and yields a rich harve

st." St. Gregory of Nyssa, On the Resurrection. 

thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the 
redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the 
enemy."  Psalm 107:1-2

Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.