From the Principal's Desk 3.4

Dear Parents,

If God has designed the great system that is our world  then it follows He must have a plan for you and your children.  Following God’s plan is possible only because we have free will, the capacity to consciously choose our actions.  We are not animals that act on instinct, or robots, but rather we are free individuals that can follow God’s plan for our lives,  a divine plan, or we can choose another way and in each case deal with the consequences.

What  is God’s plan for you?  God’s will is summed up in one of the most elegant and terse statement of human duty ever expressed. 
He (Christ) answered:

"'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind';
and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"          

-Luke 10:27

On a practical level how are we to do this?   Do we have to be Mother Theresa to love God like this?  Or do we have to be monks and priests and  nuns?  Well we might, but probably not and certainly not right now.  We can follow God’s command most effectively by doing what we are supposed to do.  To be a good student, a loving spouse, a kind neighbor.  In fact the key to being a saint is found doing your laundry  or studying as much as it is found in church.   So tonight, as  your student is working on their studies remind them to do it well,  it’s all part of God’s plan.

Timothy Gallic
Principal, Holy Family High School