St. Joseph/St Raphael Springfield at 225 E. High Street, Springfield, OH 45505-1052 US - Talent

In our daily lives, we experience many people with various talents. Each person's talents are vital to what happens at work, home, the grocery store, wherever. Society relies on each of us contributing our talents in many places and situations. It also relies on our love. Stewardship invites us to us our talents to earn a living and provide for our family and to serve God and others. We must take time to discern what talent we have to offer our parish and other community volunteer organizations. Then after this reflection, we should consciously, lovingly pledge these talents to the mission and ministry of God.
We ask you to pray and reflect and to "Take-A-Step" in the ways gifts of talent are shared at home, in the workplace, in the community, and in the parish.  We do these things because as responsible, faith-filled Catholics:
•  We need to decide how much our faith means to us; what is the value of our faith.
•  Discipleship requires a conscious decision on the part of those who believe.
•  We are a sacramental people who participate in public actions that reflect inner realities of our faith.  Stewardship, particularly the commitments that are involved, help illustrate the sacramental character of our lives as Catholics.
•  Regular Stewardship remind us of our commitments and challenge us to think, pray, and decide how we are going to live our lives as disciples of Jesus.
Good stewards become very conscious of living as disciples of Jesus each moment of each day. 
Jesus made it clear in the scriptures that being stewards of all the gifts God has given us (like our time, talent and treasure) is part of the will of God.
"Put your gifts at the service of one another, each in the measure he has received… Thus in all of you, God is to be glorified." (1 Peter 4:10, 11)

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