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To Be A Christian Steward
The life of a Christian steward, lived in imitation of the life
of Christ, is challenging, even difficult in many ways; but
both here and hereafter it is charged with intense joy.
Like Paul, the good steward is able to say,
“I am filled with encouragement, I am overflowing with
joy all the more because of all our affliction” (2 Cor 7:4).
Women and men who seek to live in this way learn that “all things work for
good for those who love God” (Rom 8:28). It is part of their personal
experience that God is
“rich in mercy [and] we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the
good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them”
(Eph 2:4, 10).
They readily cry out from the heart: “Rejoice in the Lord always!
I shall say it again: Rejoice!” (Phil 4:4).
They look forward in hope to hearing the Master’s words addressed to those
who have lived as disciples faithful in their practice of stewardship should:
“Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world” (Mt 25:34)."
Excerpt from Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response, Pastoral Letter on Stewardship
of the Bishops of the US, 1992
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