Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,
my memory, my understanding,
and my entire will,
All I have and call my own.
You have given all to me.
To you, Lord, I return it.
Everything is yours; do with it what you will.
Give me only your love and your grace,
that is enough for me.

As we prepare to Say “Yes” to the Gift,
let’s remember with St Teresa of Avila that …
Christ has no body now but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which He looks compassionately on this world.
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good.
Yours are the hands with which He blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands,
yours are the feet.
Yours are the eyes,
you are His body.
Christ has no body now but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which He looks compassionately on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.

Our mission statement states that we are responding to God’s invitation. 
This is the scriptural passage that articulates what God is asking for:

• PRAYER. The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and sober for prayers.
• SERVICE: Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.
• HOSPITALITY: Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
• FORMATION: As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.