Today, April 30, is the 370th Birthday of our founder, St. John Baptist De La Salle. Let us continue to celebrate his life, for it is because of him that we are able to partake in God's mission of salvation through the ministry of human and Christian education that he started.
Happy birthday, St. John Baptist de La Salle!
Let us remember that we are in the presence of God… In the name of the Father…
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE
We give thanks and magnify You Lord, for the gift of our founder, St. John Baptist De La Salle, for his creative responsiveness to the needs and signs of the times. We thank You for his courage to risk everything for the salvation of the youth and of the poor. We thank You for the legacy that he has left to the Lasallian Family the world over. We praise You for all Lasallians who continue to dedicate themselves from generation to generation, to be at the service of the needy youth, in fulfillment of the mission of education. We praise You for the Lasallian world where in spite of diverse faiths and contexts, we continue to take up the cause of the youth at risk and to lead them to salvation. Grant us O loving God, the gift of creative fidelity that we may bring about the Lasallian mission with compassion, competence and greater commitment in reaching out to the last, the lost and the least. To You, O Precious Lord, source of all life and goodness, be all praise and glory forever. Amen.
I will continue O my God to do all my actions for the love of Thee…
St. John Baptist De La Salle, pray for us…
Live Jesus in our hearts forever!