Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Intention: In thanksgiving for all Lasallian educators, whose faith and zeal for their ministry continues to inspire them to strive to make their schools places of salvation for all, especially those most in need.
Today’s Gospel | Matthew 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”
From the Tenth Meditation for the Time of Retreat | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Consider that the purpose of the coming of the Son of God into this world was to destroy sin. This must also be the main purpose of the establishment of the Christian Schools and, therefore, the first object of your zeal. It must lead you to allow nothing in the children under your guidance that could displease God. If you observe in them something that offends God, you must immediately do all that you are able to remedy the problem.
Prayer
Eternal Father, we pray to you to help us learn what it means to build your Kingdom. Teach us to pray, so that we can know your will. Teach us compassion, so that we can care. And teach us faithfulness, so that we can be true to you and to each other. May our lives be instruments of your presence. We ask this of you who lives and reigns with your Son and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.