A Blessing for Teachers Starting a New School Year
Picture by Christina of two girls lighting candles in the Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela
As you begin your new school year
May God go ahead of you into your classrooms
To create spaces of nurture and creativity
Where God’s presence has made a home
A place of welcome and belonging
May Jesus walk among your school
Befriending every child who sets foot there
Letting them know the intimacy of friendship
May you encounter Christ as you look into your students’ faces
And may that encounter nourish what is thirsting in you
May you draw from a wellspring of grace
In moments of exhaustion and overwhelm
And may that grace surprise you
With how limitless and abundant God’s love really is
May this year teach and grow you in your life’s purpose
Turning knowledge into wisdom
Work into vocation
Care into compassion
May you find deep fulfillment in shaping these young lives
Helping to lay a foundation and planting seeds
That will blossom throughout each child’s lifetime
And may you be blessed in knowing
That God is delighting in you
And may you delight in every child you greet
Gifting them with the gift of their own divinity
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