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2nd Response: Beatitudes for Teachers
1. Blessed are you who are called to teach, for you walk in the
footstep of the Master.
2. Blessed are you who sow peace andharmony in the classroom,
yours will be the
joy of the Lord.3. Blessed are you who plant seeds of hope
in
youthful hearts, for you will inherit thedawn.
4. Blessed are you who are sensitive to thecries of youth today,
for they yearn for thecoming of my Kingdom.
5. Blessed are you when you share your faithwith others, for
your name is written in MyHeart.
6. Blessed are you who anguish now becauseyour students are
difficult, for one day they
will thank you for loving concern.7. Blessed are you when
efficiency is
moderated by compassion and empathy, for the deeper secret of
education is yours.
8. Blessed are you who reach out to me in your students, for you
will surely find me andrejoice.
9. Blessed are who lead young people in pathsof justice, peace,
& compassion, for you willshine like stars for all
eternity.
Third Reading: Mother Teresas Prayer to the La Salle Brothers
& their Partners
in Lasallian Mission(Given at Rome, CIL 1979)
My Prayer to you Brothers(and t your partners) I beg of you, be
faithful to the gift of God that has beenentrusted to you to teach.
You are the only light today amongst the young people. The future
of thewhole world depends on what you make them. Youcan make them
and you can break them. You are theonly one that can, as a teacher
stand before them asthe presence of Christ. May the young
people
entrusted to you be able always to see Christ in youand like
that filled with His purity and goodness, with
His justice because today, especially, the young aremisled and
you are the people who have to lead them. Be that light to them. Be
that light that will lead them to God. People are hungry
especiallythe young people are hungry for God and you arethere to
satisfy that hunger. Be faithful to the great
gift of God to you to be teachers, to be light: Hislight in the
world amongst young people.
Exchange of Affirmation NotesClosing Prayer: A Prayer of A
Lasallian
Father in Heaven, God of love, all I have and a isYours, grant
that I may become a living sign of Your compassion in this world.
Grant me thefaith to live my life always in the awareness of Your
loving presence. Grant me the zeal to serve,without thought of
reward, those to whom Yousend me. Grant me the charity to bear
theburdens of my brothers and sisters. Teach me toseek Your Sons
face in the last, the lost and theleast. In whatever I undertake
may I seek aboveall things, to procure Your glory as far as I
amable and as you will require of me. Strengthen meby Your Holy
Spirit, to follow Jesus, by livingcommitment I make this day.
Amen.
CLOSING SONG: GURO by Bayang Barrios
Alas kwatro ng umaga ay gising ka na,habang ang mundo tulad ng
iba ay
tahimik paalam mong sa puso moy maraming
naghihintayna pag sumikat na ang araw ay nariyan ka
naGuro
Pagod ay nawawala sa iyong mga mataMakita mo lang na kaming
lahat ay
masayaSa mga munting labiy may ngiti ng pag-
asaDahil sa iyo kami ay namulat sa buhay
Guro
Guro, guro, itinuro mo ang ganda ngbuhay
Sa aking kamalayan, ikaw ang tunay konggabay
Sa buhay na makulayGuro
Ngayon ay nakita mo ang bungang iyong tagumpay
silang dati paslit na inakay mongmangarap
salamat sa lahat na naidulot monariyan ka lang, nariyan ka pa
rin,
O aking guro
