6 IMPACT MAGAZINE • WINTER 2015/16 Call Faculty Spotlight I didn’t intend this to be an ode to my parents, but it might as well be. Growing up as an ornery adolescent, my presumption was that I always knew best. I caused my parents many headaches through the years, insisting on doing things the way I thought they should be done. But time and time again, it was proven to me that Mom and Dad knew best. This statement held true then, as it does now and ever shall be, world without end, amen. By the time I graduated from high school, I assumed I had matured and learned my lesson of wise decision making. But looking back at my own path of discerning God’s will for my life, I began with the same false premise: I knew best. I was somewhat convinced of a life in agricultural business, but through interactions with others, the wisdom of my parents (yet again), and frequent trips to pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament I gradually became cognizant of the reality: God knew best, and He was asking me to be His priest. Come to find out, the priesthood is a life of joy and grace beyond my comprehension. Why am I continually surprised? The bottom line is this: God knows us better than we know ourselves. “Lord, you have probed me, you know me … you formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb” (Psalm 139). With this reality in mind, why should we be scared of what God is asking of us or of our children? Yes, it often entails tremendous sacrifices, but doesn’t our heavenly Father know best? Answering the Fr.ThomasHaan Guerin Catholic is blessed to have these three inspiring individuals, both teachers and mentors, as part of our Guerin Catholic family.
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