Stewardship A Time to Reconsider Our Commitments

It’s January of a new year. Christmas and all its attractions (both spiritual and material) is behind us. Perhaps now it’s time to review our commitments to God and to each other, using the traditional stewardship terms of time (such as an hour a week to attend Mass), talent (helping those  in our community who are in need) and treasure (giving back some of the material gifts we have been blessed to receive). Let’s think in these terms:
 
Intentional - a well thought out, deliberate and honest discussion with ourselves to thank God for all his blessings by returning to him a portion of the time, talent, and treasure given to us
 
Planned - using this time of the year for our family to make stewardship of time and talent a regular part of our lifestyle and stewardship of treasure a part of our budget.
 
Proportionate - make a firm decision to give a certain percentage of our time and our income to our parish and to other charities.