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There are many reasons for the There are many reasons for the failure failure
to comprehend Christ’s teaching . to comprehend Christ’s teaching . . . . .
but the chief cause which has but the chief cause which has engendered engendered
all these misconceptions is this: all these misconceptions is this: That Christ’s teaching That Christ’s teaching
is considered to be such as can is considered to be such as can be accepted, be accepted,
or not accepted, or not accepted, without changing one’s life.without changing one’s life.
— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
“… discipleship is a privilege
beyond all other privileges …”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
““Cheap Cheap Grace”Grace”
““To follow Jesus and work to To follow Jesus and work to build a community of disciples build a community of disciples only when it is only when it is convenientconvenient and and only when it works into our only when it works into our personal agendapersonal agenda…”…”
““Costly Grace”Costly Grace”
If we desire true liberation and If we desire true liberation and eternal life, we need to put eternal life, we need to put aside the personal craving for aside the personal craving for domination, possession, and domination, possession, and control and together build a control and together build a community of loving disciples.community of loving disciples.
Gospel Gospel StewardshipStewardship
““Costly Grace”Costly Grace”
Grateful Grateful CaretakingCaretaking
StewardshiStewardship p
• Faith• Time• Talent• Treasure
StewardshipStewardship
Stewardship
Community
WORD
EvangelizationWORSHIP
JUSTICE
SERVICE
Leadership
7 Essential Elements + 17 Essential Elements + 1
Dr. Mary Ann Gubish, PhD
Acknowledgments Acknowledgments • Stewardship “Stewardship: A Disciple’s
Response” • Stewardship Office Diocese of Orange• Sharon Hueckel • Bishop Robert Moreno• Bishop Sylvester Ryan• +Archbishop Thomas Murphy • Resource Journal• Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council
Dr. Mary Ann Gubish
““We plant seeds that one day will We plant seeds that one day will grow…”grow…”
Archbishop Oscar Romero – Archbishop Oscar Romero – MartyrMartyr
Moses Moses
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40
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120
Self
Questioning
Serving
StewardshStewardship ip
ConversionConversion
Tourists or Tourists or Travelers?Travelers?
“Tourists are people who see things so that they can come home and talk about it…”
“Travelers don't think of home at all, and they know that they may never return…"
Tourists or Tourists or Travelers?Travelers?
“…“…Francis, go rebuild my Francis, go rebuild my church!”church!”
THE INFINITETHE INFINITE
Sandbox TheologySandbox Theology
♫…♫…You better watch out, You better watch out, you better not you better not
shout…♫shout…♫
Sin
GenesisGenesis 1: 1: 1-311-31
“In the beginning when God created the
heavens and the earth…”
SIN SIN / GRACE/ GRACE
Before the Lord the whole universe is as a grain Before the Lord the whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of morning dew come from a balance or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth. But you have mercy on down upon the earth. But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and all, because you can do all things; and you over you over look people’s sinslook people’s sins that they may repent. that they may repent.
For you love all things that are and loathe For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hate, nothing that you have made; for what you hate, you would not have fashioned and how could a you would not have fashioned and how could a thing remain, unless you willed it: or be thing remain, unless you willed it: or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you?preserved, had it not been called forth by you?
But you spare all things, because they are But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Lord and lover of souls, for your yours, O Lord and lover of souls, for your imperishable spirit is in all things! Therefore imperishable spirit is in all things! Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them and remind them of the sins they are and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O Lord!wickedness and believe in you, O Lord!
Wisdom 11:22-12:2Wisdom 11:22-12:2
Andrei Rublev (1360-1430)
LOVE
LOVE LOVE
Andrei Rublev (1360-1430)
Love
Love
Love
Love
Incarna
tion
The Spirituality
of Jesus
AffluenAffluenzaza
““A painful, contagious, A painful, contagious, socially transmitted socially transmitted
condition of overload, condition of overload, debt and waste… debt and waste…
resulting from the resulting from the dogged pursuit of dogged pursuit of
more. . .”more. . .”
Affluenza: The All-consuming Epidemic Affluenza: The All-consuming Epidemic by Scott Simonby Scott Simon
Gratitude EntitlementStewards
hipOwnersh
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Who am Who am I?I?
Whose am I?
Stewardship: A Disciple’s Stewardship: A Disciple’s ResponseResponse
“…Good Stewards receive God’s gifts gratefully, cultivate them responsible, share them lovingly and justly with others and return them with increase to the lord…”
• Receive• Cultivate
• Share• Return
• Gratefully• Responsibly
• Lovingly• Justly• Increase
• Receive• Cultivate
• Share• Return
Head | Heart | Head | Heart | GutGut
•What is my image of God? Is my God a God of abundance or is my God limited?
•What is my understanding of Stewardship?
•What did Jesus mean when he spoke often about a “good steward”?
•In terms of “stewardship” what did Jesus expect of his followers?
There are many reasons for the There are many reasons for the failure failure
to comprehend Christ’s teaching . to comprehend Christ’s teaching . . . . .
but the chief cause which has but the chief cause which has engendered engendered
all these misconceptions is this: all these misconceptions is this: That Christ’s teaching That Christ’s teaching
is considered to be such as can is considered to be such as can be accepted, be accepted,
or not accepted, or not accepted, without changing one’s life.without changing one’s life.
— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Copies of PresentationFr. Michael L. Harvey, OFMSts. Simon & Jude Church20444 MagnoliaHuntington Beach, CA 92646(714) 962-3333, extension 237Email: [email protected]