Parishioners are asked to prayerfully discern how they will offer their gifts and resources in the upcoming year. Each of us has unique charisms, gifts and practical resources that can serve as a sign of the Lord's providence and new life in the local community. All parishioners are encouraged to give sacrificially, with the confidence that “the Lord will not be outdone in his generosity” (St. Teresa of Avila).
“We are in the time of action-the time in which to put to use the gifts of God not for ourselves, but for Him, for the Church, for others, the time during which always to try to increase the good in the world....It is important not to close in upon oneself, burying one's talent, one’s own spiritual, intellectual, material riches, everything that the Lord has given us, but to open oneself, to be in solidarity, to be attentive to the other.”
Pope Francis
April 25, 2013