Make light of the world and of yourself and of
all earthly pleasures. Hold your kingdom as
something lent to you, not as if it were your
own. For you know well that life, health, wealth,
honor, status, dominion—none of these belongs to
you. If they did, you could own them in your own
way. But just when we want to be healthy we are
sick; just when we want to be alive we die; just
when we want to be rich we are poor; just when we
want to be in power we are made servants. And all
this because these things are not ours, and we
can keep them only as much and as long as it
pleases the One who has lent them to us. So it is
really foolish to hold as if it were our own what
belongs to another: it is, in fact, a thievery
worthy of death. This is why I am asking you to
act wisely, as a good steward, holding everything
as lent to you who have been made God's steward.
St. Catherine of Siena
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Lord, may everything we do begin with Your
inspiration and continue with Your help,
so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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