A Prayer to Share
Happy December!I've got a prayer to share with you today, a reminder that we're working with God, that we're co-creators with Him.
This prayer comes out of the strategic planning process that we've been working hard through as a faculty. We have intentionally discussed what it means to be a Christian school, how we are serving our students, and where God is leading us both now and in the future.
A group of faculty members has also been learning and working through the Teaching for Transformation process, something that we will be eventually implementing school wide (click the link to learn more - it's exciting!).
During both of these events, we've been reminded that we are God's workers, not messiahs. We are His servants and work with Him, not working outside of Him.
During this Advent season, may you be blessed by this concise yet powerful prayer.
Archbishop Oscar Romero’s Prayer
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
it is even beyond our vision.
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
it is even beyond our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction
of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work.
Nothing we do is complete,
which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us.
of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work.
Nothing we do is complete,
which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us.
No statement says all that could be said.
No prayer fully expresses our faith.
No confession brings perfection.
No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
No prayer fully expresses our faith.
No confession brings perfection.
No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
No program accomplishes the Church's mission.
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
This is what we are about.
We plant the seeds that one day will grow.
We water seeds already planted,
knowing that they hold future promise.
We lay foundations that will need further development.
We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.
We plant the seeds that one day will grow.
We water seeds already planted,
knowing that they hold future promise.
We lay foundations that will need further development.
We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.
We cannot do everything,
and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.
This enables us to do something,
and to do it very well.
It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.
and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.
This enables us to do something,
and to do it very well.
It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results,
but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.
but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs.
We are prophets of a future not our own.
Amen.
We are prophets of a future not our own.
Amen.
During all of our efforts, may we take the time to rest, let go, and reflect on what that "something" is that we do very well, that brings further wholeness to God's Kingdom.
May we use our gifts to help others use theirs.
Mr. Bowar
