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218 VI. EIGHT TESTIMONIES FROM LASALLIANS God is omnipresent. This teaching had long been ingrained but only made sense when I learned how the Founder translated it in the parlance of day to day striving. Awareness of and living in God’s presence made me entrust even the ride I was hoping for to pass by or to augment the few pesos left for a fare. Entrusting the tiniest or sometimes the insurmountable troubles to the Lord makes me walk in hope and dream of a better day ahead. De La Salle had taught his disciples an unwavering trust in the Lord’s wisdom. Truly, amidst all tribulations and crises that were hard to fathom, he simply abandoned his life to the omniscient caring God. It was a life of total submission to the Lord! It has been six wonderful years now since that summer of getting to know the sage. As I look back, I could sense some bits of personal transformation. I have learned to recognize the Lord’s presence in many events of my life. Last week wasn’t so good it seemed. A very serious problem was creeping up my entire family, my husband was sick, I had reports to accomplish, our office got badly hit by the heavy rains, papers and other important documents were soaked, my assistant had an emergency leave and meetings await, all these in three days had brought an anxiety of beggar’s description. Everything seemed to be getting down the drain. Yet God was there, for in the midst of my exhaustion, generous and caring people came to offer a hand. He provided an immediate ride as I hurried home at dusk. He was there when I was bursting into tears as my friend patiently listened, when a note of consolation was sent by Brother Kenneth, when I woke up the following day suddenly feeling alright. All is not lost after all. I am just so grateful that St. La Salle had taught me to see things in the eyes of faith and to attribute all things to God. True enough the Lord’s empowering presence ceaselessly sheds light and conquers the darkest moments. All we need is to pause and remember His ever loving presence. The Lord doesn’t just watch from a distance. He is right there and then!
VI. EIGHT TESTIMONIES FROM LASALLIANS 219 It is by His grace that I have come to embrace this ministry. I don’t see myself in any other sphere of work. De La Salle’s principles of teaching, effective classroom management, utmost devotion to the sacred duty of bringing the young to Jesus, his careful manners of reproaching the offenders and the zeal he had invested in the formation of his young teachers are only some of the things I could readily cite as I see myself involved in and dedicated to this noble task of teaching. Being in the Religious Education and Lasallian Formation, I’m certain that this is where God wants me to grow and reap some fruits to be offered for those whom I am called to serve. The epitome of a Christian teacher in the person of John is God’s gift to the Church. And in which I am extremely grateful about. Taking on the courage to be a Lasallian teacher, certainly I need to be nourished by God’s word and be sustained by a life of prayer, and constancy and integrity. There is a lot of pruning needed, to painstakingly do a lot of introspection, to welcome the dread of losing the things and identity I might have masked myself with, and to go on exposing the self to the purifying heat of the sun. But when time comes that I am tempted to focus on my iniquity, faith would tell me that despite everything and because of what I am, God loves me still (and always!) so dearly. This is one beautiful thing I am confident about. The goodness of the Lord permeates the entirety of every human being and He is patiently bearing with me. All these years, teaching had become my life. It is a gift yet it isn’t easy. Especially nowadays that learning the techniques in the actual setting is far different from merely reading theories. The student ten years ago is not the same as the one we meet now in the classrooms. The technology is far more advanced that it poses a great challenge to every teacher. Students who have access to the internet or who are exposed to the ever-creative media may not be easily
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LASALLIAN STUDIES Nº 13 The Intern
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