On Sunday I came across this beautiful image on Twitter, and thought it a perfect picture to honor Mother’s Day. Sunday also marked the feast of Saint Louise de Marillac, herself a single mother who overcame great adversity to co-found the Daughters of Charity. I was privileged to previously lead a school named after her, and as such have a special affinity toward her life and legacy. This year, too, I cherished my own mother on Sunday, for a variety of reasons, along with my wife and her mother, and I remain grateful for all mothers and mother-like figures who support and guide young people today.
In recent weeks, my ventures out to the schools with whom I work have been a source of great inspiration to me. Today I met with various faculty, staff and administrators at one of these Lasallian schools and I left hopeful. The work is not yet complete (although graduation is soon:). I pray for the opportunity for a break for each of them this upcoming summer…along with their students, who also deserve a respite from the educational rollercoaster of the past 12+ months!!!
This week I came across “New Beatitudes for Today” in The Little White Book. I share them in hopes that they clarify for each of us our shared priorities both as people of faith, and at the most foundational level, as members of our global family. Here’s to the week ahead!
From Pope Francis (2016):
Blessed are those who remain faithful while enduring evils influenced on them by others and forgive them from the heart.
Blessed are those who look into the eyes of the abandoned and marginalized and show them their closeness.
Blessed are those who see God in every person and strive to make others also discover them.
Blessed are those who protect and care for our common home.
Blessed are those who renounce their own comfort in order to help others.
Keeping the Faith 