There are many reasons for the There are many reasons for the failure failure

to comprehend Christ’s teaching . to comprehend Christ’s teaching . . . . .

but the chief cause which has but the chief cause which has engendered engendered

all these misconceptions is this: all these misconceptions is this: That Christ’s teaching That Christ’s teaching

is considered to be such as can is considered to be such as can be accepted, be accepted,

or not accepted, or not accepted, without changing one’s life.without changing one’s life.

— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

“… discipleship is a privilege

beyond all other privileges …”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

““Cheap Cheap Grace”Grace”

““To follow Jesus and work to To follow Jesus and work to build a community of disciples build a community of disciples only when it is only when it is convenientconvenient and and only when it works into our only when it works into our personal agendapersonal agenda…”…”

““Costly Grace”Costly Grace”

If we desire true liberation and If we desire true liberation and eternal life, we need to put eternal life, we need to put aside the personal craving for aside the personal craving for domination, possession, and domination, possession, and control and together build a control and together build a community of loving disciples.community of loving disciples.

Gospel Gospel StewardshipStewardship

““Costly Grace”Costly Grace”

Grateful Grateful CaretakingCaretaking

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• Faith• Time• Talent• Treasure

StewardshipStewardship

Stewardship

Community

WORD

EvangelizationWORSHIP

JUSTICE

SERVICE

Leadership

7 Essential Elements + 17 Essential Elements + 1

Dr. Mary Ann Gubish, PhD

Acknowledgments Acknowledgments • Stewardship “Stewardship: A Disciple’s

Response” • Stewardship Office Diocese of Orange• Sharon Hueckel • Bishop Robert Moreno• Bishop Sylvester Ryan• +Archbishop Thomas Murphy • Resource Journal• Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council

Dr. Mary Ann Gubish

““We plant seeds that one day will We plant seeds that one day will grow…”grow…”

Archbishop Oscar Romero – Archbishop Oscar Romero – MartyrMartyr

Moses Moses

40

40

40

120

Self

Questioning

Serving

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ConversionConversion

Tourists or Tourists or Travelers?Travelers?

“Tourists are people who see things so that they can come home and talk about it…”

“Travelers don't think of home at all, and they know that they may never return…"

Tourists or Tourists or Travelers?Travelers?

“…“…Francis, go rebuild my Francis, go rebuild my church!”church!”

THE INFINITETHE INFINITE

Sandbox TheologySandbox Theology

♫…♫…You better watch out, You better watch out, you better not you better not

shout…♫shout…♫

Sin

GenesisGenesis 1: 1: 1-311-31

“In the beginning when God created the

heavens and the earth…”

SIN SIN / GRACE/ GRACE

Before the Lord the whole universe is as a grain Before the Lord the whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of morning dew come from a balance or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth. But you have mercy on down upon the earth. But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and all, because you can do all things; and you over you over look people’s sinslook people’s sins that they may repent. that they may repent.

For you love all things that are and loathe For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hate, nothing that you have made; for what you hate, you would not have fashioned and how could a you would not have fashioned and how could a thing remain, unless you willed it: or be thing remain, unless you willed it: or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you?preserved, had it not been called forth by you?

But you spare all things, because they are But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Lord and lover of souls, for your yours, O Lord and lover of souls, for your imperishable spirit is in all things! Therefore imperishable spirit is in all things! Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them and remind them of the sins they are and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O Lord!wickedness and believe in you, O Lord!

Wisdom 11:22-12:2Wisdom 11:22-12:2

Andrei Rublev (1360-1430)

LOVE

LOVE LOVE

Andrei Rublev (1360-1430)

Love

Love

Love

Love

Incarna

tion

The Spirituality

of Jesus

AffluenAffluenzaza

““A painful, contagious, A painful, contagious, socially transmitted socially transmitted

condition of overload, condition of overload, debt and waste… debt and waste…

resulting from the resulting from the dogged pursuit of dogged pursuit of

more. . .”more. . .”

Affluenza: The All-consuming Epidemic Affluenza: The All-consuming Epidemic by Scott Simonby Scott Simon

Gratitude EntitlementStewards

hipOwnersh

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Who am Who am I?I?

Whose am I?

Stewardship: A Disciple’s Stewardship: A Disciple’s ResponseResponse

“…Good Stewards receive God’s gifts gratefully, cultivate them responsible, share them lovingly and justly with others and return them with increase to the lord…”

• Receive• Cultivate

• Share• Return

• Gratefully• Responsibly

• Lovingly• Justly• Increase

• Receive• Cultivate

• Share• Return

Head | Heart | Head | Heart | GutGut

•What is my image of God? Is my God a God of abundance or is my God limited?

•What is my understanding of Stewardship?

•What did Jesus mean when he spoke often about a “good steward”?

•In terms of “stewardship” what did Jesus expect of his followers?

There are many reasons for the There are many reasons for the failure failure

to comprehend Christ’s teaching . to comprehend Christ’s teaching . . . . .

but the chief cause which has but the chief cause which has engendered engendered

all these misconceptions is this: all these misconceptions is this: That Christ’s teaching That Christ’s teaching

is considered to be such as can is considered to be such as can be accepted, be accepted,

or not accepted, or not accepted, without changing one’s life.without changing one’s life.

— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Copies of PresentationFr. Michael L. Harvey, OFMSts. Simon & Jude Church20444 MagnoliaHuntington Beach, CA 92646(714) 962-3333, extension 237Email: mharvey@ssj.org