Let Us Remember…

A Prayer of Lasallians in Association

Let Us Remember That We Are In The Holy Presence of God…

Prayer Opening

Used Since the 1600’s

A Reminder

Origins

Significant Part of De La Salle’s Spirituality

Included in the First Rule One of the “Interior Supports of the

Institute” Reinforced in the Daily Community

Schedule

First Step in Any Prayer: Remember the Presence of God

Six Ways God is Present:– In a Place

Because God is everywhere In the community gathered in God’s name

– In Ourselves God sustains us in existence By grace and the Holy Spirit

– In Church As the house of God In the Blessed Sacrament

The Presence of God

De La Salle was especially attentive to the presence of God in persons– In the educators themselves– Especially in the students entrusted to their

care– In the relationship between educator and

student

Let Us Remember That We Are In The Holy Presence of God…

An Invitation…

– To put God at the center of all that goes on in a school…

Principal’s office Faculty/staff meetings Classroom Playing field Board room

Main Concourse atLa Salle High SchoolMilwaukie, Oregon

What Does the Prayer Mean?

One Phrase at a Time

Let Us Remember…

Us – we do all things together – as a community

Remember – implies that we have forgotten something – true!

What is it that we wish to remember?

Inscription on a classroom building at Saint Mary’s School for Boys

in Nyeri, Kenya

We Are In The Holy Presence…

We – community again! Are – not something we manufacture – it

already is! Holy – awesome – special – sacred Presence – a personal presence – a

relationship exists and is being renewed

The Holy Presence of God….

God – how does De La Salle describe God?– Wise– Serene– Loving– Desires the Salvation of All People– Calls us – Invites us – to Participate in the

Salvation of All

Remembering the Holy Presence of God

An Invitation to Reflect…– Who is God – for me?– Who is God – for us?– Who is God – for the students entrusted to our

care?

Let Us Remember That We Are In The Holy Presence of God…

As a Prayer Opening– Not to be used to call a group to order…– Requires time in silence to do what it is asking

us to do – to remember!– Feel free to make it more specific…

It’s Not Just About Us…

Every experience of prayer depends on us Every experience of prayer also depends

on God’s initiative and action

And so, together – with

God – we remember the

source of our being and

the source of our call

to be Lasallian.

Let us Let us Remember…Remember…

……that we are in that we are in the holy the holy

Presence Presence of G odof G od..