Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.Titus 2:7-8
Almighty and ever-loving God,
Majestic Creator of the Universe
Glorious Savior of Mankind
Sanctifier and Giver of Life;
We adore and praise you
In all our days we sing of your Name
We magnify what you have done
And we crumble in your might;
We ask pardon for all our sins
Especially those that most offended you
Forgive us of our failures
And we promise that we shall avoid doing sin again;
We thank you for this life you have given,
For another day to see the light of the sun again,
For providing us food for our soul and body
So that we may be ever ready to serve you in heaven;
Lord, thank you for this chance to learn
Thank you for giving me a chance to teach
Thank you for giving me good mentors
And very cooperative students;
Thank you for giving me my classmates and friends
Who help me when I’m down
Thank you for giving my family
Especially my parents who support me;
We pray that you give us good health
In mind and in body so that we may serve you
Guide our parents who work to support us
Make them grow in your loving care;
Lord, let me be just what the students’ need.
If they need someone to trust, let me be trustworthy.
If they need sympathy, let me sympathize.
If they need love for they truly need love,
Let me love them in full measure.
Let me not anger easily, Lord but let me be just.
Permit my justice to be tempered in your mercy.
When I stand before them, Lord,
Let me look strong and good and honest and loving.
Help me to counsel the anxious,
Crack the covering of the shy,
Temper the rambunctious with a gentle attitude.
Permit me to teach only the truth.
Help me to inspire them so that learning will not cease at the classroom door.
Let the lessons they learn make their lives fruitful and happy.
And, Lord, let me bring them to you.
Teach them through me to love you.
God grant me wisdom, creativity and love.
With wisdom, I may look to the future
And see the effect that my teaching will have on these children
And thus adapt my methods to fit the needs of each one.
With creativity, I can prepare new and interesting projects
That can challenge my students and expand their minds
To set higher goals and dream loftier dreams
With love, I can praise my students for jobs well done
And encourage them to get up and go when they fall.
God, I have come to the frightening conclusion.
I am the decisive element in the classroom.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher I possess tremendous power
To make a child's life miserable or joyous
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations it is my response that decides
Whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated
And a child humanized or de-humanized.
Grant me the insight and patience to make the right decisions
To model Jesus in my classroom
Father,
As I reach reluctantly for the top card,
Let me also reach for your promise:
"If any one of you lacks wisdom,
Let him ask of God."
We, pray to you Oh Lord hear our prayers
With Mary, our Mother
Through the intercession of Christ your Son
Amen.
