Lord God, you alone are the source of every good gift,

of the vast array of our universe,

and the mystery of each human life. 

We praise you and thank you for your great power

and tender, faithful love. 

Everything we are and everything we have are your gifts,

and after having created us

you have given us into the keeping

of your Son, Jesus Christ. 

Fill our minds with His truth and our hearts with His love, and in His spirit may we be bonded together

into a community of faith,

a parish family,

a caring people. 

In the name and spirit of Jesus,

we commit ourselves to be good stewards

of the gifts entrusted to us,

to share our time, our talent,

and our material and spiritual gifts

as an outward sign

of the treasure we hold in Jesus. 

Amen.