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A Time for Personal Transformation
March, 2008
Dear Parents/Guardians:
In the Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes there is
a phrase which many of us have heard or read. "There is a season (a
time) for everything... under heaven." As Christians and Catholics we
are well into the season of Lent and an opportunity for our personal
transformation. Defined as a marked change in one's appearance,
transformation is a change in character and activity.
Our lives, at the pace and culture in which we are
immersed leaves little opportunity to question ourselves about our
personal need for transformation. The gospel reading for the second
Sunday in Lent was about the transformation of Jesus (Matthew 17:2),
"... and Jesus was transfigured before them." Was Jesus really
transfigured before his followers, or did they finally recognize Jesus
as an extraordinary, unique being?
Each one of us has been birthed at a particular
time, in a particular place, and for a unique purpose. Personal
transformation, taken seriously, offers us a challenge to review and
renew our lifestyle and our life to be lived only once. Jesus modeled
the ways in which we might see God or hear God speaking to us through
the ordinary events of our day to day living. Jesus was not looking for
fame, nor did he build monuments for himself. Instead, God became
visible when Jesus reached out to lift up the poor, the weak, the
lonely, and those shunned by society.
Lent is not an invitation to perfection. It is a
reminder, however, that we are called by God "Be holy as I am holy".
Being a quality human being is God's expectation, challenge, and our
life's opportunity to be a Jesus model and a measure of what we are
capable of accomplishing.
During this Lenten season, let us share our
striving with one another to be the best we can offer.
Sincerely,
Sister Ann Therese
Principal
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