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Good Afternoon Kristin,
The first quote in this week’s Marshall Memo was from Sunday’s Boston Globe. Chika Okafor wrote: “MLK's lesson is clear: The arc of the moral universe bends not from gravity but from the gravitas of our collective struggle to improve our communities, our society, and our world. The arc of the moral universe does not passively bend; it is actively bent. We bend it.”
In reading the article, I was drawn to his observation that it was a faith-based hope that grounded Dr. King’s notion of justice. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to celebrate Mass at Seattle University. In his homily, Fr. Gary Lazzeroni shared a prayer from the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, To Have Hope.
This prayer became a perfect accompaniment to what Okafor shared in his reflection on MLK. To honor Dr. King’s legacy is to sustain a “collective continued commitment to bending this arc toward justice,” and it is “to have hope…to believe in the revolutionary potential of faith.”
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I look forward to seeing many of you this Friday at the Fulcrum Foundation’s Celebration of Light. Thank you for your support of this event and for Fulcrum.
With gratitude,
NICHOLAS FORD | Superintendent
Office for Catholic Schools | Archdiocese of Seattle
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