Baccalaureate Speaker Encourages Midyear Grads to Embrace Goodness to Achieve Greatness
Rev. Fr. Vic Kevin O. Ferrer, Vice Chancellor and Vocation Director of the Diocese of San Jose City, Nueva Ecija, delivered an inspiring message during the Ecumenical and Baccalaureate Service, encouraging the Midyear Graduands as they embark on their career journey. His words served as a guiding light, instilling motivation, faith, and perseverance in their pursuit of success. Drawing from the parable of the two caterpillars in "Hope for Flowers," Fr. Ferrer highlighted the transformative journey of life, emphasizing on the concept of metamorphosis as a metaphor for personal and professional growth. He challenged the graduates to strive for greatness by cultivating goodness within themselves. “To be great you have to realize that we, too, are fold to a transfiguration—a metamorphosis that required a going up and going down and going up again. This transformation for greatness is not a movement from nothing to something, it is rather a movement of goodness to greatness,” shared Rev. Fr. Ferrer. He further emphasized that while goodness and greatness are often intertwined, they carry distinct meanings. He highlighted that the most meaningful lives embody both, as true greatness is always built upon a foundation of goodness. “You cannot be great without first being good,” he concluded. Indeed, his words served as a powerful encouragement to the graduating class, emphasizing the importance of embodying the goodness they have cultivated at the university as they pursue meaning and purpose in their future endeavors. #CLSU34thMidyearCommencementExercise #FromClassroomToGradSite #SievingForExcellence
