For behold, I create the new heavens and the new earth. And the former things will not be in memory and will not enter into the heart. (Is 65:17)
כִּֽי־הִנְנִ֥י בוֹרֵ֛א שָׁמַ֥יִם חֲדָשִׁ֖ים וָאָ֣רֶץ חֲדָשָׁ֑ה וְלֹ֤א תִזָּכַ֨רְנָה֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנֹ֔ות וְלֹ֥א תַעֲלֶ֖ינָה עַל־לֵֽב׃
ecce enim ego creo caelos novos et terram novam et non erunt in memoria priora et non ascendent super cor.
ἔσται γὰρ ὁ οὐρανὸς καινὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ καινή, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθῶσιν τῶν προτέρων, οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ ἐπέλθῃ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν.
If the first act of creation was so delightful, how much greater glory will be revealed in the new creation. Every spring in our latitude is a constant reminder of this. This promise, or rather its implementation, will come back once again in the Apocalypse of St. John where we read: “And the One who was sitting upon the throne, said, Behold, I make all things new” (Rev 21:5). Today, may the Lord make a new heart in us and renew the strength of the body.
