Lessons from Loyola Hall

The last week of the semester is a difficult one because there is so much to do and so little time in which to do it. This is a time of year when one finds out the difference between what can be left by the wayside, and what is truly essential and good for the heart.

What mattered to Isaiah and to John weren’t your DNA or your blood-line, but your repentance and your good works. God’s call to turn back to the right path is not a call to perfect results, but it is a call to serve the Perfect through our effort.

In a world where it seems that everyone is on the prowl to be offended, it is good to see that there are some who follow the path that brings reconciliation rather than conflict. In this week’s Lesson from Loyola Hall, Mr. Healey discusses the humility of Tyler Adams, the captain of the U.S. National Soccer Team, and the progress that he proposes is being made in America.

At the end of a long year, with the arbitrary new beginning on the horizon, we yearn for that metaphysical do-over and Advent offers it to us on a level that far exceeds that of the simple tearing off of the December page from a calendar.