April 22, 2022

Dear Assumption Catholic Schools

Alleluia, He is Risen! Praise be to God Most High.

OPENING PRAYER
Grant me, O Lord my God,
a mind to know you,
a heart to seek you,
wisdom to find you,
conduct pleasing to you,
faithful perseverance in waiting for you,
and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
– St. Thomas Aquinas

This week our strength building on the virtue of
FORTITUDE is PERSEVERANCE.
The strength to never quit
despite failures and difficulties.
When do we quit?
Why do we quit?

5 TIPS TO PERSEVERE
(Even When You Really Want to Quit)
1. Make sure your goals are worthy of your perseverance.
Review why you are doing this. Is it the best goal you could have?
2. Recall past persistence.
Remembering times in the past when you refused to give up can
help you summon more perseverance now.
3. Take a step.
Don’t get caught up in thinking too far into the future.
4. Set your pace.
As the old saying tells us, slow and steady often wins the race.
5. Just keep going.
Having faith that your efforts will pay off and just putting one foot
in front of the other is the most basic aspect of perseverance.

Resolution

Write down one, small,
short-term goal
and strive to live it each day this week.

LUKE 18: 1-8
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray
always and not to lose heart.
He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither
feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there
was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant
me justice against my opponent.’
For a while he refused; but later he said to himself,
‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone,
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant
her justice, so that she may not wear me out by
continually coming.’
And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.
And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry
to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? I
tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet,
when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?

“Never give up prayer…
… and should you find dryness and difficulty,
persevere in it for this very reason.
God often desires to see what love your soul has, and
love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.”
– St. John of the Cross
Doctor of the Church

“Perseverance is essential to any good deed, as
the voice of Truth tells us, ‘Whoever perseveres to
the end will be saved.’”
– St. Gregory the Great
Pope, Father and Doctor of the Church

“Nothing great is ever achieved
without much enduring.”
– St. Catherine of Siena
Doctor of the Church

The opposing vice

QUITTING
THE WEAKNESS TO GIVE UP ON A GOOD PERSON OR GOAL.

QUITTING CAN BECOME A BAD HABIT
While perseverance builds character and helps form
good habits, quitting can become habit-forming as
well in the wrong way.
When quitting becomes routine, you won’t even
think twice about giving up next time…
Jesus did not give up on you.
Let’s not give up on Him.

CLOSING PRAYER

Grant me, O Lord my God,
a mind to know you,
a heart to seek you,
wisdom to find you,
conduct pleasing to you,
faithful perseverance in waiting for you,
and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
– St. Thomas Aquinas

Happy Earth Day

In Christ’s Peace

Daniel Minter

President

Assumption Catholic Schools