“Praying is an act of stewardship in which even the smallest child can participate. Praying helps us focus on the idea that everything we do is done with God’s help and for God’s glory. If you’re not comfortable with making up a prayer, you can use the stewardship prayer in this book.”
Stewardship Prayer
Dear God, I thank you for everything you have given me. My gifts of time and talents are precious; help me use them to do your will. Please help me realize that I need to share all of my gifts with the Church and others. Help me be a generous, forgiving, and holy. I offer you this day all I think, and do, and say. With the help of Jesus, your Son, I will try to love everyone. Amen.
Elizabeth M. Johnson in The Catholic Kid’s Guide to Stewardship (Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2004) 7, 53.
What is the role of prayer in your understanding and practice of stewardship? How might this prayer shape your stewardship? Can you think of anyone you might share it with?