Reflection/Quotes

"There is no separation between God and creation, no separation between God and us.  Every moment of our seemingly ordinary life reveals that God is present and continues to be born in us, healing our hearts!"  by Fr. Richard Rohr 

Eco-Challenge

Each day this month concentrate on one element of creation and give thanks for it:  maybe the birds, or trees, or the air we breathe.  Perhaps the sunshine or the stars of the night.  Choose one thing each day this month and know that it and you are part of creation and therefore part of God is in us.

Facts/Education

 I consider it essential to insist that “to seek only a technical remedy to each environmental problem which comes up is to separate what is in reality interconnected and to mask the true and deepest problems of the global system”.  It is true that efforts at adaptation are needed in the face of evils that are irreversible in the short term.  Also, some interventions and technological advances that make it possible to absorb or capture gas emissions have proved promising. Nonetheless, we risk remaining trapped in the mindset of pasting and papering over cracks, while beneath the surface there is a continuing deterioration to which we continue to contribute. To suppose that all problems in the future will be able to be solved by new technical interventions is a form of homicidal pragmatism, like pushing a snowball down a hill. #57 Laudato Deum