VIRTUES
Each month, St. Richard's school community will focus on a different virtue. Being part of a Catholic school provides us with the opportunity to integrate virtue formation into all areas of school life.
December's virtue is HOPE
We believe that God comes to us as a real human who can show us the way of life.
We understand that both the world and its people are from God and so are essentially good. Furthermore, God has given us this Advent season year after year in order to focus our minds and our hearts on the good all around us.
Year after year, we are reminded the God chose to send his Son to us because we are worth it. God knows how great we can be when we all come together.
When we look at the world through the eyes of God we see it becoming more and more like the reign of God that Jesus describes.
People of Hope…
· Keep up a positive attitude
· Can bounce back from tough situations
· Set and stick to their goals
· See the good in others even when they make mistakes
· Work to include others
· Let others know that they are good people
PRAYER FOR HOPE
Gracious and merciful God of all creation,
During this season of hope, we remember how you sent your Son to be a beacon of goodness and light in the world.
Give us eyes of hope to see the good in everything and everyone around us.
Give us the grace and strength to be beacons of hope and light for all who enter this school.
Let all who visit share our hope that this school will remain a safe, caring, inclusive community.
May your virtue of hope guide our decisions for the service of all your people.
We ask this in name of Jesus, your Son, who lived to show us your way.
Amen.