{"id":7738,"date":"2016-11-08T18:38:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gc36.test\/es\/co-worker-god\/"},"modified":"2016-11-10T10:57:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T08:57:33","slug":"colaboradores-de-dios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gc36.test\/es\/colaboradores-de-dios\/","title":{"rendered":"Colaboradores de Dios"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the day of the feast of the dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the mother of all churches let us contemplate on being co-workers of God\u2018s grace. A text of Blessed Oscar Romero can help us. He gives a vision of our work in the Church which is not perfect and has not to be perfect, because we are not perfect. But in beeing sober it frees and motivates us to be creative, selfless and joyful coworkers of God\u2018s grace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
\nit is even beyond our vision.
\nWe accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God\u2019s work.
\nNothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.
\nNo statement says all that could be said. No prayer fully expresses our faith.
\nNo confession brings perfection. No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
\nNo program accomplishes the Church\u2019s mission. No set of goals and objectives includes everything.<\/p>\n

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.
\nWe lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities.
\nWe cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.
\nThis enables us to do something, and to do it very well.<\/p>\n

It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord\u2019s grace to enter and do the rest.
\nWe may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.
\nWe are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own. Amen<\/p>\n

You can download the full prayer here<\/a><\/p>\n