Thanks to the following families who helped this past week
• For hosting students: Mr. and Mrs. Ban Van Nguyen, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rincon, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rivero
Announcements
• This week’s photo gallery includes weekend outing in the mountains and baseball. Photos taken by sophomore Don Nguyen.
• There will be a Parent Lunch on Wednesday, March 17th sponsored by Mrs. Rivero, Mrs. Pham, Mrs. Tran and Mrs. Vu.
• In honor of St. Joseph, Friday, March 19th is a non-school day. School will be dismissed at 12:20 p.m. Thursday, March 18th .
Financial Information for 2010-2011
• The room, board, and tuition is $17,900
• There is no change in:
• 3% discount when tuition fully paid by June 5th, 2010
• Graduation Fee
• Non-refundable tuition deposit
• Sports Fees
• Student Account
• Textbook fee
• Transportation fees
• Vantage Point Gala participation
• Weekend fees
• Non-refundable tuition deposit of $3000 due Thursday, March 18th .
• If you have any questions, please contact our Business Office:
Mr. John Kohl kohlj@stmichaelsabbey.org 949.858.0222 extension 266
Mrs. Agnes Kwon agnesk@stmichaelsprep.org 949.858.0222 extension 268
Baseball This Week:
Tuesday, March 16th @ Windward; 3:30 pm
Movie: The Passion of the Christ
Before the solemn liturgy on Good Friday, St. Michael’s is planning to show to the students the film “The Passion of the Christ.” Since showing rated R films is not our usual practice, we are asking that each parent email his/her permission as soon as possible to the school office in care of Mrs. Christian. Any student who has not received parental permission will not be allowed to watch the film.
Weekly Homily by Fr. Ambrose Criste, O.Praem.
Among other things, Fr. Ambrose is the novice master in St. Michael’s Abbey.
“More tortuous than all else is the human heart...I, the Lord, alone probe the mind and test the heart, to reward everyone according to his ways.”
The human heart, as all of you biology students well know, is a very complicated organ. Not only on the biological level is it a complicated organ, but especially on the spiritual level is it complicated. We fallen men fix our affections on things that can't help us to reach heaven, and we miss
all the opportunities that God offers us each day to become saints. Do you want to become a saint? I shouldn't even have to ask for a show of hands to answer that question – and don't worry, I won't...this isn't a summer camp homily – I don't have to ask that question because I already know that everyone here this morning has the desire for holiness somewhere inside the twists and turns of his tortuous human heart.
Holiness is what we are created for. We are made for heaven, but because of our fallen nature we often forget this most important truth, and we live instead as if our own selfish will is the reason for our existence...like the rich man in Our Lord's parable today who dined sumptuously while poor Lazarus was starving right at his front door. God wants you to become a saint even
more than you do, and He can even make that happen today, if you are willing to cooperate with Him today. The rich man in today's Gospel could have ended up in a much happier eternity if he would have just forgotten about himself for a moment and seen poor Lazarus in great need right there at his door. Instead, the tortuous twists and turns of his selfish heart prevented him from seeing that opportunity. He missed his chance.
Today, God is surely going to ask you many times and in many different ways to forget about yourself and to reach out to someone in need. For you men in blue coats it might be that roommate or classmate that you just can't seem to get along with. Just think how different today will be for him if you treat him like a human being, offer him a kind word when you're inclined to tease or ignore him. Or for all of us up here in white, that someone in need might be some unknown soul who needs our prayers, and the invitation will be to get up from the computer or to put down that book or that phone, and to get to Terce, and Sext, and None.
You see, my friends, holiness is not something that we have to just keep putting off for tomorrow. No! We can pursue it today, and it means embracing the concrete acts of charity – overcoming our selfish inclinations – that God offers us today. The Saint whom we commemorate today, Saint Casimir, offers us an excellent example of embracing holiness in the ordinary course of one's state in life. True, his life was far from ordinary – Saint Casimir was the son of the King of Poland in the 15th century – but the point is that he was able even in his royal life of privilege and prestige to die to himself and to pursue the heights of holiness. Saint Casimir spent his short life very much involved in the affairs of his world. He went with his father the king on many military campaigns, and just like all of you students he spent his teenage years studying. He even took an unsuccessful step in the direction of career advancement when he agreed to be crowned king of Hungary at the young age of 17. Because of the complicated political situation he found there, this attempt failed and he returned to his father's kingdom of Poland. So he was very much a young man of privilege and very much in the world. But unlike the rich man in today's Gospel, Saint Casimir was always looking out to serve others in need – the poor, the sick, strangers, prisoners. And most especially, he absolutely poured himself out in his love for God, and particularly in his devotion to Our Lady and to the Blessed Sacrament. He often spent entire nights kneeling outside the locked doors of a church in adoration of Our Lord housed there within. Saint Casimir died of tuberculosis when he was only 25, and he teaches us that God gives us absolutely everything we need to become saints today. If we look down inside the twists and turns of our complicated and tortuous hearts, we will find there, my friends, the love of God and the desire for holiness. And if we keep our eyes open today, Our Lord will show us where he wants us to die to ourselves and to reach out to our neighbor in need. And what's more, my friends, He even gives us the strength to do all of that when he feeds us with His Body and Blood from this altar. May we seek Him today, and find Him, and receive Him, and love Him in return...and so become saints. Amen.
In publishing this homily, we hope to share a portion of the spiritual treasure by which the students are enriched every day. However, this homily may not be reproduced by the parents or friends of St. Michael’s without written permission of the author.
Prayer Requests
• Dr. Joseph Gloudeman whose cancer has reoccurred.
• Mrs. Josie Holbach, mother of Luke Holbach, who is about to undergo a biopsy.
• Fr. Michael Huggins who struggles with cancer.
• Nicki Madrid, who is being deployed to Afghanistan
• Mrs. Amber Manly for a healthy pregnancy
• Mrs. Miriam Schardt who is recovering from foot surgery
• Two year old Cole Workman, who has been diagnosed with autism
• Six year old Iris Workman, who is experiencing complications of spina bifida
• St. Michael’s older priests and those who care for them
• Those who suffer in the current economic crisis
• Those who are in the armed forces.
• For hosting students: Mr. and Mrs. Ban Van Nguyen, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rincon, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rivero
Announcements
• This week’s photo gallery includes weekend outing in the mountains and baseball. Photos taken by sophomore Don Nguyen.
• There will be a Parent Lunch on Wednesday, March 17th sponsored by Mrs. Rivero, Mrs. Pham, Mrs. Tran and Mrs. Vu.
• In honor of St. Joseph, Friday, March 19th is a non-school day. School will be dismissed at 12:20 p.m. Thursday, March 18th .
Financial Information for 2010-2011
• The room, board, and tuition is $17,900
• There is no change in:
• 3% discount when tuition fully paid by June 5th, 2010
• Graduation Fee
• Non-refundable tuition deposit
• Sports Fees
• Student Account
• Textbook fee
• Transportation fees
• Vantage Point Gala participation
• Weekend fees
• Non-refundable tuition deposit of $3000 due Thursday, March 18th .
• If you have any questions, please contact our Business Office:
Mr. John Kohl kohlj@stmichaelsabbey.org 949.858.0222 extension 266
Mrs. Agnes Kwon agnesk@stmichaelsprep.org 949.858.0222 extension 268
Baseball This Week:
Tuesday, March 16th @ Windward; 3:30 pm
Movie: The Passion of the Christ
Before the solemn liturgy on Good Friday, St. Michael’s is planning to show to the students the film “The Passion of the Christ.” Since showing rated R films is not our usual practice, we are asking that each parent email his/her permission as soon as possible to the school office in care of Mrs. Christian. Any student who has not received parental permission will not be allowed to watch the film.
Weekly Homily by Fr. Ambrose Criste, O.Praem.
Among other things, Fr. Ambrose is the novice master in St. Michael’s Abbey.“More tortuous than all else is the human heart...I, the Lord, alone probe the mind and test the heart, to reward everyone according to his ways.”
The human heart, as all of you biology students well know, is a very complicated organ. Not only on the biological level is it a complicated organ, but especially on the spiritual level is it complicated. We fallen men fix our affections on things that can't help us to reach heaven, and we miss
all the opportunities that God offers us each day to become saints. Do you want to become a saint? I shouldn't even have to ask for a show of hands to answer that question – and don't worry, I won't...this isn't a summer camp homily – I don't have to ask that question because I already know that everyone here this morning has the desire for holiness somewhere inside the twists and turns of his tortuous human heart.Holiness is what we are created for. We are made for heaven, but because of our fallen nature we often forget this most important truth, and we live instead as if our own selfish will is the reason for our existence...like the rich man in Our Lord's parable today who dined sumptuously while poor Lazarus was starving right at his front door. God wants you to become a saint even
more than you do, and He can even make that happen today, if you are willing to cooperate with Him today. The rich man in today's Gospel could have ended up in a much happier eternity if he would have just forgotten about himself for a moment and seen poor Lazarus in great need right there at his door. Instead, the tortuous twists and turns of his selfish heart prevented him from seeing that opportunity. He missed his chance.Today, God is surely going to ask you many times and in many different ways to forget about yourself and to reach out to someone in need. For you men in blue coats it might be that roommate or classmate that you just can't seem to get along with. Just think how different today will be for him if you treat him like a human being, offer him a kind word when you're inclined to tease or ignore him. Or for all of us up here in white, that someone in need might be some unknown soul who needs our prayers, and the invitation will be to get up from the computer or to put down that book or that phone, and to get to Terce, and Sext, and None.
You see, my friends, holiness is not something that we have to just keep putting off for tomorrow. No! We can pursue it today, and it means embracing the concrete acts of charity – overcoming our selfish inclinations – that God offers us today. The Saint whom we commemorate today, Saint Casimir, offers us an excellent example of embracing holiness in the ordinary course of one's state in life. True, his life was far from ordinary – Saint Casimir was the son of the King of Poland in the 15th century – but the point is that he was able even in his royal life of privilege and prestige to die to himself and to pursue the heights of holiness. Saint Casimir spent his short life very much involved in the affairs of his world. He went with his father the king on many military campaigns, and just like all of you students he spent his teenage years studying. He even took an unsuccessful step in the direction of career advancement when he agreed to be crowned king of Hungary at the young age of 17. Because of the complicated political situation he found there, this attempt failed and he returned to his father's kingdom of Poland. So he was very much a young man of privilege and very much in the world. But unlike the rich man in today's Gospel, Saint Casimir was always looking out to serve others in need – the poor, the sick, strangers, prisoners. And most especially, he absolutely poured himself out in his love for God, and particularly in his devotion to Our Lady and to the Blessed Sacrament. He often spent entire nights kneeling outside the locked doors of a church in adoration of Our Lord housed there within. Saint Casimir died of tuberculosis when he was only 25, and he teaches us that God gives us absolutely everything we need to become saints today. If we look down inside the twists and turns of our complicated and tortuous hearts, we will find there, my friends, the love of God and the desire for holiness. And if we keep our eyes open today, Our Lord will show us where he wants us to die to ourselves and to reach out to our neighbor in need. And what's more, my friends, He even gives us the strength to do all of that when he feeds us with His Body and Blood from this altar. May we seek Him today, and find Him, and receive Him, and love Him in return...and so become saints. Amen.
In publishing this homily, we hope to share a portion of the spiritual treasure by which the students are enriched every day. However, this homily may not be reproduced by the parents or friends of St. Michael’s without written permission of the author.
Prayer Requests
• Dr. Joseph Gloudeman whose cancer has reoccurred.
• Mrs. Josie Holbach, mother of Luke Holbach, who is about to undergo a biopsy.
• Fr. Michael Huggins who struggles with cancer.
• Nicki Madrid, who is being deployed to Afghanistan
• Mrs. Amber Manly for a healthy pregnancy
• Mrs. Miriam Schardt who is recovering from foot surgery
• Two year old Cole Workman, who has been diagnosed with autism
• Six year old Iris Workman, who is experiencing complications of spina bifida
• St. Michael’s older priests and those who care for them
• Those who suffer in the current economic crisis
• Those who are in the armed forces.
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