Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Intention: That the Lasallian educational tradition of openness to all, especially the poor and the marginalized, will continue to serve as an advocate and an agent for peace, justice, and redemption in the world.
Today’s Gospel | Matthew 5:27-32
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into Gehenna.
“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of divorce.’ But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
From the Ninth Meditation for the Time of Retreat | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
The zeal you are obliged to have in your work must be so active and so alive that you can tell the parents of the children entrusted to your care what is said in Holy Scripture: Give us their souls; keep everything else for yourselves, that is, what we have undertaken is to work for the salvation of their souls. It is also the only reason you have committed yourselves to take the responsibility to guide and to instruct them.
Prayer
Eternal Father, your Son is the good shepherd who takes all good care to never lose even one heart that belongs to you. We pray that, with your grace, all who seek to be the guides and guardians of youth will have the mind and heart of the Good Shepherd, serving them tirelessly and leading them safely home to you. We ask this of you who lives and reigns with your Son and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.