Almighty Father,
we thank You for all the gifts
you have given us:
our lives; our loved ones;
all that we have and all that we are.
Most of all, we thank you for Jesus,
Your Son and our Redeemer,
who came among us
to show us the way to eternal life.

Jesus was the perfect Steward of Your gifts,
showing us that complete trust in You
is necessary,
and that giving of self
is a most important part of
following Him.

May the offerings of our time,
our talents and our material resources
be made in the same spirit of sacrifice
that Jesus taught us
by His life and death for us.