As followers of Jesus, we become disciples who make a conscious decision to commit mind, body and soul to the Lord. Disciples are grateful for gifts received and eager to use them to show love for God and one another Because God created the world and entrusts it to humans, disciples have a profound respect human life, a joyful appreciation of the beauty and wonder of nature and a willingness to protect and preserve the environment. Through our physical labor, the trades and the professions, the arts and sciences we build up the kingdom of God. Our challenge is to discover and understand our role in carrying out the divine plan. Stewards are collaborator and cooperators in continuing the redemptive work of Jesus Christ through our Church.
Parents have great work to do in the domestic church, the home.
They pray with their children, give them truths of the faith, teach their children Christian values in the face of a secularized culture and model for their children the practice of Stewardship. Stewards look to Mary, the mother of Christ, as an ideal steward. She responded generously to the call. God gives us the world and the Church, a divine-human workshop. God asks that we be good stewards of the gifts we possess.