Pope Francis
Laudato Si’: On Care For Our Common Home
Encyclical Letter
Pope
Francis is in love of nature. When
he was elected to our new pope, his original name—Jorge Bergoglio—changed to
Francis. As he followed St.
Francis of Assisi, this man served in Argentina to the poor and environment. On May 24th, 2015, he
gave an encyclical letter to our whole world called “Laudato Si’: On Care for
our Common Home”.
I
just finished this letter and it is powerful. Like God’s word in the Bible, Pope Francis remind us that
our world was created by God, our Creator. Our earth is not just a gift to use individually, but to
learn, collaborate and think how our home must be done well for our next
generation.
Our
Pope offers several challenges to our world: decimation of ecosystems, broken biodiversity,
systems that do production but does not serve the poor, dirty pollution,
unclean water, those countries against unity for our planet and more.
Take
some time to praise God outside and use His creation to stop and smell the
flowers or, you hunters, soak in the awesome time outside as you pray for a
buck. (And pray at Mass too).
Pope
Francis’ letter ended with two prayers and here is a wonderful snippet through
one of them:
“All-powerful God…Fill us with peace, that we
may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one. O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and
forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes.”
To
me, this was a cool letter for our home on earth and it could assist to grow
closer to God and His creation. Read
this letter via a copy or on the internet.
God Bless!
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