The name Laura Vicuña rings a bell to people who are familiar to my world. Today is her feast day. She is presented as an adolescent who rose to courageous heights up to the supreme gift of her life for her mother’s sake.
Undoubtedly she had it in her blood, I mean, heroism. I believe it was an idealism that was nurtured and honed to become heroism. Isn’t it that youth is a stage of life characterized by idealism? How then can an adolescent arrive at heroism. I mean, to give up your own, your young life for an ideal!
Laura’s story shows that a big role was played by her teachers.
What kind of school did Laura go to? What was the recipe for her “success”? I guess that more than the bright and wonderful ideals received, it was the life lived with these teachers that transformed Laura’s idealism into heroism.
Were these educators highly exceptional human beings? I don’t know. And I guess we educators aren’t called to be highly exceptional. We are called to be cordial, kind, loving, attentive, merciful, humble, to show the way and to launch our students to infinite horizons, ready to be in the shadows, the wind beneath their wings.
We Christian educators are called to try to make Jesus be seen and touched in our lives. Yes, we try. When our students see us fail, they get in touch with our humanity. When they see us try to rise up, they get in touch with the God that makes it possible. Only God transforms people from idealists to heroes.
Undoubtedly she had it in her blood, I mean, heroism. I believe it was an idealism that was nurtured and honed to become heroism. Isn’t it that youth is a stage of life characterized by idealism? How then can an adolescent arrive at heroism. I mean, to give up your own, your young life for an ideal!
Laura’s story shows that a big role was played by her teachers.
What kind of school did Laura go to? What was the recipe for her “success”? I guess that more than the bright and wonderful ideals received, it was the life lived with these teachers that transformed Laura’s idealism into heroism.
Were these educators highly exceptional human beings? I don’t know. And I guess we educators aren’t called to be highly exceptional. We are called to be cordial, kind, loving, attentive, merciful, humble, to show the way and to launch our students to infinite horizons, ready to be in the shadows, the wind beneath their wings.
We Christian educators are called to try to make Jesus be seen and touched in our lives. Yes, we try. When our students see us fail, they get in touch with our humanity. When they see us try to rise up, they get in touch with the God that makes it possible. Only God transforms people from idealists to heroes.
To all the young people who have been part of my journey, you are remembered today in a very special way.
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