Inspirations

The following prayer is read at the end of every Board meeting as a reminder of the work that we do in the Foundation.

Prayer by Archbishop Romero

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. No statement says all that could be said No prayer fully expresses our faith No confession brings perfection. No pastoral visit brings wholeness. No set of goals and objectives includes everything. This is what we are about. We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities. We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, 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.

Other thoughts to consider:

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”  –Frederick Douglass

“Time & money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.”  –Henry Ford