Popularized by Archbishop Romero but written by Bishop Ken Untener in 1979
"It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.
Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us...a step along the way, this enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own."
Part eight of our Eight Days of Gratitude Finally, we ALL should be thankful for the abilities that God has given us: the ability to work to help ourselves and the ability to work to help those who are so much less fortunate than we are. Let us all give very special thanks during this Advent season.
Part six of our Eight Days of Gratitude: Agriculture
USA: We can be so very thankful for the tremendous job done by our nations farmers; feeding not only all of our nation, but having surplus for many parts of the world including Zimbabwe.
ST. THERESA HOSPITAL: Hospital employees barely have enough income to feed their families, but it is still better than all of those unemployed. Hospital patients are thankful for the donor support which allows the hospital to buy food for the patients.
SURROUNDING AREA:The very poor will undoubtedly run our of their own food much before a new crop is harvested this year. They remain thankful to the many nations of the world who supply food for the hungry.
Part five of our Eight Days of Gratitude: Democracy
USA:Democracy,it seems as though our system of government is very “messy” and noisy, still it is the best there is! ST. THERESA HOSPITAL: Hospital employees have the freedom to “speak out” about their grievances, and sometimes this is very painful to the administrative staff, but still it is good for all concerned.
SURROUNDING AREA:The local people are able to give grievances to local committees and to local government, but the issue of “human rights” is of real concern all over the country.
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