February 15, 2015
Dear St. Raphael School Families and Parishioners,
Monsignor Breier will be talking with all of us over the next few weeks about prayer, and the importance of including daily prayer in our lives. In that spirit, I would like to use my letter this week to share a beautiful prayer that was given to me, and that I hope you will enjoy and be able to use in your lives:
Parent’s Prayer
O Heavenly Father, make me a better parent. Teach me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say, and to answer their questions kindly.
Keep me from interrupting or contradicting.
Help me to be as courteous to them as I want them to be to me.
Forbid that I should ever laugh at their mistakes or resort to shame or ridicule.
May I never punish them out of anger or spite, or to show my power over them.
Help me, dear Lord, to demonstrate by all that I say and do that honesty does truly produce happiness.
Reduce, dear Lord, the meanness in me. And when I am out of sorts, help me to hold my tongue.
May I ever be mindful that my children are merely children, and that I should not expect them to have the maturity and judgment of adults.
Let me not rob them of the opportunity to do things for themselves or to make their own decisions.
Help me to grant them all reasonable requests, and give me the courage to deny them the privileges that I think may be harmful.
Help me to be fair and just and kind, O Lord, so that I will earn their love and respect, and so that they will want to imitate me, as this is the supreme compliment. Amen.

Looking Ahead….

• Monday, Feb. 16^th…..President’s Day, No School K-8, Preschool is Open
• Tuesday, Feb. 17^th…..Mission Carnival, 1-2pm
• Wednesday, Feb. 18^th…Ash Wednesday Mass at 8am
• Thursday, Feb. 19^th……Mad Science, 3:15 – 4:15
• Friday, Feb. 20^th……….Stations of the Cross, 2pm

We thrive on your continued prayers and support!
Peace & Blessings,
Kim Vangel
Principal