Lk 6: 39-42
He also told them a parable: “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully qualified will be like the teacher. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye.
New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989, by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. USCCB approved.
A Fresh Start
As an Ignatian educator, I am called to demonstrate cura personalis (care for the person) through a sincere desire to develop mutual trust with my students and colleagues. This requires a willingness to listen and an openness to learn. I’ve just begun my 31st year in education, with the same back-to-school nerves and excitement I had at the beginning of my career. New colleagues offer me a chance to begin in right relationship from day one, eager to learn from them and cherish the gifts they bring to our community. New students challenge me to examine my long-held perspectives and understandings about our shared world, giving me plenty of opportunities to notice logs in my own eyes. As ever, the teacher becomes the student once again, all for the Greater Glory of God. This fresh start reminds me of God’s grace, eternally welcoming us – and our specks and logs – with love and forgiveness.
— Karen Wuertz is the Boys Division Head at Regis Jesuit High School.
God, grant me the clarity to recognize my own faults and the will to overcome them. As I make my way through the world today, let all my interactions be infused with your grace, leading me to treat others with kindness and patience. Amen.
—Karen Wuertz
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