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Bishop Earl notes:

Entrepreneur- someone who has vision
Will you manage problems or lead through them?
The vision is given to us through the Gospel.

Entrepreneurs have self awareness, knows strengths and weaknesses, and knows how to surround themselves with people who have different skills, people that can make their vision a reality.
“I love TV, but the TV never loves me back. My wife & kids love me back…maybe I need to prioritize”

Entrepreneur is a salesman. If a priest was told their pay would be based on the number of people that attend Mass or experience the Sacraments, he would be knocking on doors to get as many people to Mass as possible.

People want to work for people of integrity - for an honest person, a hardworking person. People are attracted to virtue.

Entrepreneurs are servant leaders. “Are you willing to sacrifice yourself first or your employees first?”

Jesus was an entrepreneur. He sacrificed Himself for everyone, He breathed The Holy Spirit onto His apostles, He gave them the power to bind & loose sins, & He sent them out to the world to continue His mission.

Love makes marriage easy. Perfect love makes marriage a joy. We can sacrifice to the extent of our love.

Only thing Jesus won’t do is depart from us because of our sins.

Remember the wife of Lot. Lot chose that which looked best & his uncle, Abraham, went the other way. When Sodom & Gomorrah were destroyed, only his wife with him, but even she turned back & was turned into a pillar of salt. Attachment caused her to turn back. If Lot had the faith of Abraham, more of his family would have come. Lot had mediocre faith, but at least listened to God telling him to leave. Living according to spirit or flesh.

Don’t look back to what was, look ahead to what God has prepared.

Are we ready for the pain of discipleship? It is comfortable where we are or where we came from.

Good Samaritan vs others, “what will happen to them if I do nothing?” vs “what we happen to me if I help?”

Mary always said yes without ever calculating the cost.

St. Joseph had a vision for how his life would unfold. God shared His vision with Joseph in his dreams & Joseph realized God’s vision was better.

St. Joseph was a salesman. He had to sell what he did for a living when he was forced to go to Egypt. He was a just man, he put his head down & went to work. He was also a man of tenderness…loving Mary without ever touching her. Do you show that type of mercy to your wife? Joseph was chaste & disciplined in that chastity.

The work of ours is to share in Jesus’ redemption, to offer up our sufferings, to make disciples.

Shadow of the Father - fictionalized book of St. Joseph

Be an entrepreneur - remember the wife of Lot - entrust yourself to St. Joseph