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Most Sacred Heart of Jesus School
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JANUARY 6, 2010 DEAR PARENTS: HAPPY NEW YEAR. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED A DECADE AND ARE NOW INTO A NEW DECADE. TIME IS CERTAINLY PASSING BY QUICKLY. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO REFLECT ON THE PAST TEN YEARS, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, HOW WE HAVE LIVED OUR LIVES AND HOW WE CAN PREPARE FOR THE NEXT TEN. WE STILL HAVE TIME TO REFLECT ON ALL THE GOOD AND TO CHANGE WHAT WASN’T GOOD IN OUR LIVES. GOD HAS GIVEN US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO JOURNEY WITH HIM AND TO INCLUDE HIM IN OUR DAILY LIVES. OUR THEME FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE SOLEMNITY OF MARY. THIS MONTH WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE FACT THAT MARY IS THE “MOTHER OF GOD”. IT IS FITTING TO HONOR MARY AS MOTHER OF JESUS, FOLLOWING THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE SOLEMNITY OF MARY WE NOT ONLY HONOR MARY, WHO WAS CHOSEN AMONG ALL WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY TO BEAR GOD INCARNATE, WE ALSO HONOR OUR LORD, WHO IS FULLY GOD AND FULLY HUMAN. CALLING MARY “MOTHER OF GOD” IS THE HIGHEST HONOR WE CAN GIVE MARY. MARY IS HONORED AS THE “QUEEN OF PEACE.” ON THE FEAST OF THE SOLEMNITY, THE CHURCH ALSO DECLARES THAT DAY A DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE. WE NEED PEACE NOW MORE THAN EVER. PERHAPS AS WE HONOR MARY, WE CAN ALSO TAKE THE MONTH TO HONOR OUR OWN MOTHERS, AND PERHAPS EACH NIGHT AS A FAMILY WE CAN SAY A PRAYER FOR GOD TO ALLOW PEACE TO REIGN IN OUR HEARTS, HOMES AND WORLD. LET US NEVER LOOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT GOD WALKS WITH US AT ALL TIMES, AND EVEN WHEN WE FEEL LOST AND BURDENED, HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE AND TRUST. HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR. PEACE, SISTER LISA MARIE, PRINCIPAL |