From yesterday’s second reading: “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go. By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise; for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God."

From De La Salle’s Memoir on the Beginnings: “Indeed, if I had ever thought that the care I was taking of the schoolmasters out of pure charity would ever have made it my duty to live with them, I would have dropped the whole project. . . It was undoubtedly for this reason that God, who guides all things with wisdom and serenity, whose way it is not to force the inclinations of persons, willed to commit me entirely to the development of the schools. God did this in an imperceptible way and over a long period of time, so that one commitment led to another in a way that I did not foresee in the beginning."

We have arrived at San Miguel from many places and starting points. But we have been called to be here, no matter how we arrived. The author of the letter to the Hebrews and De La Salle, taken together, help us to realize that God has been walking with all of us on our journeys here. Perhaps in hindsight, we can see the little pushes or nudges that moved us, even if we felt lost or thought we were headed in a different direction. But why here? Because we continually move to that place where we see “the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God." In some way that has been “imperceptible" and “not [forseen]" for us, we have been moving to that place where “God wills not only that all come to the knowledge of truth but also that all be saved . . . giving children the teachers who will assist them in the fulfillment of his plan. This . . . is the building that he is raising. . . . ." (Med. 193.3) So as we consider our paths here and our journey forward, let us remember that we have been called for the benefit of the children entrusted to our care. Which child in particular are we called to be here for this week?

Live, Jesus, in our hearts!