Stewardship Prayer

Lord God,

You alone are the source of every good gift,

of the vast array of our universe,

and the mystery of each human life.

We praise You and we thank You

for your great power

and Your tender, faithful love.

Everything we are

and everything we have is Your gift,

and after having created us,

You have given us into the keeping

of Your Son, Jesus Christ.

Fill our minds with His truth

and our hearts with His love,

that in His spirit, we may be bonded together

into a community of faith,

a parish family, a caring people.

In the Name and Spirit of Jesus,

we commit ourselves to be good stewards

of the gifts entrusted to us,

to share our time, our talent, our material gifts

as an outward sign of the treasure

we hold in Jesus. Amen.

 -- S. Marie Schwan