Thomas Griffin 6/20/25 (For SpiritualDirection.com)
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Let Us Begin: New Book on the Life and Power of St. Francis
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There are many blessings to being a teacher. The main reason why I chose this as a career is that I desired to bring young people, especially young men, into a deeper relationship with God. Being able to go to work each day and talk about the faith with other people has been the biggest blessing. The relationships you build with your students become the avenue for sharing an encounter with Christ.
The other benefits include access to the school chapel and the daily routine of communal prayer. The school I teach at has morning prayer, prayer before every class, the Angelus, and a 3 o’clock prayer. All of these allow me to enter into prayer in an organic and meaningful way.
That all changes in the summer.
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Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and three children. He has a masters degree in theology and is a masters candidate in philosophy. Thomas is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine. He is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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