Catholic Schools

This week the Dioceses of the United States celebrate Catholic Schools Week, an opportunity to give thanks for the formation and education of students, not only Catholic, who attend Catholic Schools, and for their mission to pass on the legacy and commission of Jesus himself to ":go teach all nations" (Mt  28:19-20). Many of these schools struggle financially and to maintain  enrollment, requiring sacrifices and determined efforts, yet "by their fruits you will know them. "  If all goes according to plan, students leave these schools with  solid foundation in the knowledge and practice of their faith and go on to become leaders and exemplars of the values and faith which flow from Biblical roots and have proven to be the safeguards of civilization for centuries. And fittingly, the week begins on the Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, a great teacher and saint. 
Let us join in prayer for our teachers, who continue to teach the truth, following his example.
Lord, Guiding Light,
You teach us to call you alone our Teacher, our Parent, our Lord.
Help us to trust your instruction and guiding graces in our lives,
more unreservedly each day.
We know too that you often mediate your graces through others,
And have entrusted to us your mission to teach, to parent, to steward.
Grant us the grace to respond with generosity and compassion,
and especially as we begin Catholic Schools Week,
bless all teachers whom you have called to pass on the light of knowledge and faith to our young.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord and Teacher. Amen.
Bro. Rene