Dear Parents and Friends,
Those of you who read this section may have noticed I left out one of the classic interrogatories; the question of why? So today, with Christmas season over I would like to tackle it.
Perhaps it is better to state what Christ’s birth didn’t accomplish. Christ didn’t cure malnutrition, he didn’t bring world peace, and he didn’t cure disease, make computers or travel to the moon. He did not discover America, (okay he did make it), he did not speak English, he never enjoyed NFL football and he never went to Catholic School. We, his creations, can do all of that, and we should.
Christ came to do something none of us could do. He came to redeem mankind. In the Passion of the Christ there is a very moving scene, where Mary runs up to Jesus just as he falls. Jesus says to his mother, “See, I make all things new.” But what kind of new …? One in which everyone can be God’s child, one in which all can be loved, one in which we can all be redeemed. The reason Christ came was to make us His family. Thus He makes the world new: I cannot make the world new, you cannot make the world new, we cannot even make our students new, but Jesus can!
This school exists to spread the Good News of God’s love, to educate and train our students so that they can more easily become the new creation Christ talks about. You have wonderful and awesome children and I thank God each day for the opportunity to work with them.
Happy New Year
Timothy Gallic
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