“We have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”
Pope Francis, (Laudato Si’ ¶49)
Bobby McFerrin – The Garden
(this beautiful video shows God’s Creation in Africa with music from Bobby McFerrin)
Hopefully this inspires you to go outside and enjoy God’s creation today…Laudato Si’ (Praise Be)!
A Prayer for Earth –Text by Pope Francis, from the encyclical, Laudato Si’ – Adaptation and music by Hazzan Steve Klaper & Br. Al Mascia, O.F.M.
LINKS
Care of Creation as a Work of Mercy — lecture by Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson at Villanova University – pdf
Lex credendi, lex vivendi: A response to Laudato Si’ (Sister Ilea Delio, O.S.F. – Global Sisters Report)
The Omega Center — NEW website of Sister Ilea Delio, O.S.F.
Laudato Si’ + Many Resources on Caring for Creation (Saint Margaret of Cortona Region – Secular Franciscan Order)
