From yesterday's first reading: "But Moses answered him . . . 'Would that all the people of the LORD were prophets! Would that the LORD might bestow his spirit on them all!'"
From the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) (1964), section 12: "The holy people of God shares also in Christ's prophetic office: it spreads abroad a living witness to him . . . ."
De La Salle (Med. 196.3): "In carrying out your service to children, you will not fulfill your ministry adequately if you resemble Jesus Christ only in his guidance and conversion of souls. You must also enter into his purposes and goals. He came on earth, as he said, only that people might have life and have it to the full. . . This must be your goal when you instruct your [students], that they live a Christian life and that your words become spirit and life for them."
Moses's request was heard: in Christ, we are prophets. Teaching reading, writing, and higher order thinking skills are so essential to the intellectual growth of our students, and are an element of providing a full life. But prophets call people to return to God. How does our teaching provide a connection to, or a relationship with, God for our students? How do we imbue our students with a Christian spirit and bring Christ to their lives? Where do you see that in your lesson plans or teaching strategies this week?
Live, Jesus, in our hearts!