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Using Our Talents

- September 2004

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Application to Life

How can I apply these ideas to my life? This section offers deeper reading and ways to use these teachings.
Prayers
"Prayers" Printable Version: prayer.pdf
Blessing
Blessed is the Lord our God. And blessed are those who walk in His ways. When they eat the labor of their hands, They shall be happy, and it shall be well with them. Amen. (see Psalm 128:1-2) All the good of love and all the truth of faith are from the Lord, and not from any person. Amen. (see Arcana Coelestia 10773) Printable Version: blessings.pdf
Further Reading
“The Value of Work” by the Rev. Brian Keith Examines the value of work to our lives, with examples from the Old & New Testaments. Printable Version: valueofwork.pdf Using Our Talents by the Rev. Eric Carswell An explication of the meaning of the Parable of the Talents. Printable Version: usingourtalents.pdf Responsibility by the Rev. Hugo Odhner A review of the internal sense of two similar parables and the essential acknowledgment that all the gifts of life truly belong to the Lord alone. Printable Version: responsibility.pdf
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