function stewardship()
{
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var ranNum= Math.round(Math.random() * 30);
if (ranNum == 0){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Christians bring to the Eucharist both their lives as Jesus’ disciples and the stewardship they exercise regarding their contributions to the great work of Christ. The Eucharist is both the promise and the commencement of the heavenly banquet which we shall share, enjoying the fruits of stewardship freed of stain and transfigured. Let us pray that through the Eucharist we reaffirm our gratitude to God for our blessings and strengthen our bonds of commitment to one another.</font></p>'); } // message1
if (ranNum == 1){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Jesus assures all faithful stewards of His protection, care, and support. At the same time, He calls us to become liberated from obstacles to Christian discipleship which our secularized culture places in our way. Let us pray that we may find true happiness, joy, and peace by placing our faith in God and putting Him first in our lives.</font></p>'); } // message2
if (ranNum == 2){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">God is infinite in gifts, so there is no need to hoard those entrusted to us. The role of the disciple is to witness the richness of God in concern for those less fortunate. Let us pray that we take time to reflect on our gifts and make a firm decision to share these gifts with those around us.</font></p>'); } // message3
if (ranNum == 3){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">A life of stewardship is motivated by faith.  Do our daily actions demonstrate our faith in God?  Do we share our gifts freely, knowing that God will take care of our needs?  Let us pray that we continue to witness our faith in God through our daily acts of stewardship.</font></p>'); } // message4
if (ranNum == 4){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">A life of stewardship is motivated by faith.  Do our daily actions demonstrate our faith in God?  Do we share our gifts freely, knowing that God will take care of our needs?  Let us pray that we continue to witness our faith in God through our daily acts of stewardship.</font></p>'); } // message5
if (ranNum == 5){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">The prophet Amos was chosen by the Lord and sent to use his talents for the people of God.  For what have we been chosen?  How are we using our talents to serve the people of God?  Let us pray that we accept the role of God\'s servant or steward and use the gifts we have been given wisely.</font></p>'); } // message6
if (ranNum == 6){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">When Jesus was tired, he wanted to slip away and rest.  When He saw the people gathered, however, He put his needs aside to meet the needs of others.  As stewards, we are called to do the same.  Let us pray that we hear the call of Jesus, our Teacher and Shepherd, and make a conscious and firm decision to be His followers.</font></p>'); } // message7
if (ranNum == 7){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Elisha exhibits faith in the boundless power and grace of the Lord God.  Do we share Elisha\'s faith? The good steward trusts in God\'s power and mercy and acts accordingly.  Let us pray that we possess the faith to answer Jesus\' call to serve Him by placing Him first in our lives.</font></p>'); } // message8
if (ranNum == 8){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Stewardship is a life-long conversion process in which we are called to identify every more closely with Christ…to put on a new self created in God\'s image.  Our lifestyle must reflect a grateful awareness that God has given us all we possess and a generous heart open to sharing God\'s goodness with others.  Let us pray that we are touched by the call to stewardship and experience a true change of heart concerning our giving.</font></p>'); } // message9
if (ranNum == 9){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Jesus gave of His life. The glory of Christian stewards lie in mirroring the stewardship of Jesus Christ, Who gave and still gives all He has and is, in order to be faithful to God\'s will and carry through to completion His redemptive stewardship of human beings and their world. What are we willing to give to express our love for Jesus and our gratefulness?  Let us pray that we continue to express our love for one another by giving of ourselves generously.</font></p>'); } // message10
if (ranNum == 10){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Realizing that all we have is gift from God and being grateful for these gifts is an important part of our call to stewardship. We express our gratitude to God through the selfless sharing of our gifts.  Let us pray that recognize God as the source of all we have, are and will be and out of gratitude are eager to cultivate these gifts to further His kingdom on earth.</font></p>'); } // message11
if (ranNum == 11){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">As heads of the households, we are responsible for setting the example and teaching our children about serving God. We serve God by meeting the needs of our brothers and sisters. Service is stewardship in action.  Let us pray that we recognize Christ in every person we encounter and share our gifts to meet their needs.</font></p>'); } // message12
if (ranNum == 12){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">A life of stewardship depends on the realization that everything we possess is a gift from God and belongs to God. We are all stewards or managers of the many gifts God has bestowed upon us. Our challenge as Christians is to make good use of those gifts.  Let us pray that we realize everything we have is not because of anything we have done, but rather a direct result of God\'s generosity.</font></p>'); } // message13
if (ranNum == 13){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">We are all brothers and sisters in Christ, rich and poor, young and old, black and white. As stewards, we are called to serve all God\'s people. Through our good works and service, we follow Jesus and share His glory.  Let us pray that we truly become a community of one heart and serve our brothers and sisters joyfully.</font></p>'); } // message14
if (ranNum == 14){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Faith is lifeless until it is put into action. We put our faith into action through a life of stewardship.  Let us pray that we might put our faith into action through a life of stewardship.</font></p>'); } // message15
if (ranNum == 15){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">To serve is to reign. This teaching was exemplified by Jesus\' life and death. Christ is the ultimate steward, sacrificing everything, even His life for us. How are we following His example of service?  Let us pray that we always remember our purpose on earth is to serve our brothers and sisters out of love for Christ.</font></p>'); } // message16
if (ranNum == 16){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Materialism is a powerful influence in today\'s society. It encourages us to possess more for our own individual gain. Whereas, stewardship calls us to share all that we possess with those in need.  Let us pray that we free ourselves from our possessions by sharing them with others and experiencing great joy.</font></p>'); } // message17
if (ranNum == 17){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">God\'s first commandment to the world was to have dominion over the earth. As stewards, we are accountable for the care of God\'s beautiful creation.  Let us pray that we act as responsible stewards in taking care of God\'s creation.</font></p>'); } // message18
if (ranNum == 18){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">There will come a time in which we will be accountable before God for the use of the gifts we have received. Have you reflected on the use of your gifts lately?  Let us pray that we share our treasure and use our talents wisely to meet the needs of those less fortunate than us.</font></p>'); } // message19
if (ranNum == 19){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Stewardship is a life of service. Jesus asks us to commit ourselves to be good stewards of the gifts entrusted to us, to share our time, our talents, and our treasures as an outward sign of the love and gratitude we have for Him.  Let us pray that we imitate Jesus\' life of service through our daily acts of stewardship.</font></p>'); } // message20
if (ranNum == 20){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">The Preparation of the Gifts is a significant part of the Eucharistic celebration. When we bring to the altar the bread and wine, along with the good works and services we have performed and our contribution of treasure, we are in communion with all of our brothers and sisters, offering our God-given gifts.  Let us pray that our gifts being brought to the altar represent a true sacrifice.</font></p>'); } // message21
if (ranNum == 21){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Today is a day to reflect on the faithful Stewardship of all those how have gone before us. The spirit of Stewardship is based upon our belief that God is the Creator an Owner of all things. We are not only caretakers of the possessions He has entrusted to us on earth, but also accountable to Him in the very way we live out our lives. Faithful stewards follow the two great commandments: Love God, and love your neighbor as yourself.  Let us pray that we may be grateful to God for the gifts of all our loved ones who now have new life in Him.</font></p>'); } // message22
if (ranNum == 22){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">The story of the widow\'s mite makes a very strong point: it is not the amount that we give that is important, but the way that we give. Stewardship calls us to give of our substance not our abundance. Mature disciples make a conscious decision to follow Jesus, no matter what the cost.  Let us pray that we imitate the faith witnessed by the story of the widow\'s mite.</font></p>'); } // message23
if (ranNum == 23){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">As a result of God\'s generosity and love for us, He sent His only Son, Jesus, to die for us. Jesus calls, us his disciples, to a new way of life - the Christian way of life - of which stewardship is a part. Our stewardship should mirror God\'s generosity.  Let us pray that through our daily sacrifices we express our gratitude to Jesus for dying on the cross and forgiving our sins.</font></p>'); } // message24
if (ranNum == 24){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">We serve Christ by opening our hearts and hands to one another. Stewardship calls us to a life of service. This service may take many forms; visiting the elderly, feeding the poor, comforting the sick, welcoming strangers.  Let us pray that we continue to serve Christ, our King, by opening our hearts and hands to one another.</font></p>'); } // message25
if (ranNum == 25){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Intense joy comes to those who take the risk to live as Christian stewards. Central to our human and Christian vocations, as well as to the unique vocation each one of us receives from God, is that we be good stewards of the gifts we possess. God gives us this divine-human workshop, this world and Church of ours. The Spirit shows us the way. Stewardship is a part of that journey.  Let us pray that the Holy Spirit may enlighten us and help us to renew our commitment as the Lord\'s disciples and as stewards of his bountiful gifts.</font></p>'); } // message26
if (ranNum == 26){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Stewardship is an invitation to learn to value the things that really matter.  The glory of Christian stewards lie in mirroring the stewardship of Jesus Christ, who gave and still gives all He has and is, in order to be faithful to God\'s will and carry through to completion His redemptive stewardship of human beings and their world.  Let us pray that we may prepare the way of the Lord through our practice of Christian stewardship of time, talent, and treasure.</font></p>'); } // message27
if (ranNum == 27){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">John the Baptizer urged his listeners to be good stewards: "Let the man with two coats give to him who has none. The man with food should do the same." As followers of Jesus, we are called to a comprehensive view of stewardship -- a vision of a sharing, generous, accountable way of life rooted in discipleship. Stewardship means that we help advance the Church\'s mission with money, time, and personal resources of all kinds.  Let us give thanks to the Lord for his goodness to us and that we may generously and joyfully share His gifts.</font></p>'); } // message28
if (ranNum == 28){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Mary, by her example, most perfectly teaches the meaning of discipleship and stewardship in their fullest sense. All of their essential elements are found in her life: she was called and gifted by God; she responded generously, creatively and prudently; she understood her divinely assigned role as "handmaid" in terms of service and fidelity.  May we be, like Mary, a sign of sure hope and solace for God\'s people in pilgrimage.</font></p>'); } // message29
if (ranNum == 29){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">After Jesus, we look to Mary as an ideal steward. As the Mother of Christ, she lived her ministry in a spirit of fidelity and service; she responded generously to the call. We must ask ourselves: Do we also wish to be disciples of Jesus Christ and Christian stewards of our world and our Church?  May we be moved towards our Mother, Mary, and the imitation of her discipleship and stewardship.</font></p>'); } // message30
if (ranNum == 30){document.write('<font color="#784228" size="-1" face="Verdana">Becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ has its beginning in baptism, the sacrament of faith. Faith joins individuals and the community of Jesus\' followers in intimacy with their Lord and leads them to live as His disciples. Stewardship is what we do after we say we believe. How often do we open our coffers to those around us who are in need?  Let us pray that in our journey to the Father, we might recognize Jesus in others, and share our God given gifts with them in justice and love.</font></p>'); } // message31
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