One who receives God’s gifts gratefully, cherishes and
tends them in a responsible and accountable manner, shares them in
justice and love with all, and returns them with increase to the Lord.
The definition, rooted in biblical and church tradition, corresponds
with Almighty God’s decision to entrust to humanity the universe God has
created (Genesis 1:26-31) and
with Jesus Christ’s famous parable of the talents
(Matthew 25: 14-30) and of the
Last Judgment (Matthew 25:
31-47).