On this second week of Season of Creation, we reflect on the global impact of climate change, the water supply, right to life with dignity, social love that encourages culture of care.
Psalm 146:8
The Lord sets the prisoners free;8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down.
the Lord loves the righteous.
Mark 7:32-35 They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
This Week's Laudato Si:
Article 25 (highlight): The effects of climate change are affecting environment, social, political, economic systems around the world especially the vulnerable people without financial reserves, legal protection, and physical safety. The developing countries are mostly impacted by the climate change due to their dependency on the natural resources that are highly vulnerable with the natural disasters and severe weather conditions. As a result, the people and animals impacted by the climate change are forced to migrate to a place of refuge.
Article 28 (highlight): The availability of water for drinking, land crops, vegetation and water-dependent industries is critical for the life's sustainability. There are parts of the world where water is inaccessible while there are parts of the world where there is an abundant supply of water.
Article 43 (highlight): Right to life and happiness is for everyone. The throw-away culture has impacted the mindset about the value of human life. It is always to be treated as indispensable rather than treating life as conditionally irrelevant.
Article 231 (highlight): A better world can be made possible by social love where this exists in various human relational aspects life: political, economic and cultural. The culture of care can spread in all aspects of life where charity has a place in all of these dimensions as well. We are called to include our actions in these spaces as God's invitation for us to relate with these for our maturity and sanctification.
Prayer Intention:
"That each of us will work together to heal Mother Earth in our own ways, using our
own gifts and talents to help her nourish and protect us better, let us pray to the Lord …"
We are invited to ponder how we can integrate our spirituality in all the dimensions of life as all of these are affecting individually and collectively in the way we are consuming and producing for making life and happiness possible.
This morning of September 8, on the feast of the Nativity of our Blessed Mother Mary, we had the Archdiocese of San Antonio celebrated the Season of Creation. People were grateful for Archbishop Gustavo for celebrating the Annual Mass for the season followed by the pilgrimage. It was 1.5-mile walk pondering the many ways that the people can reflect, pray and act on the Care of our Common Home due to the environmental degradation.
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From the Season of Creation San Antonio Archdiocese Pilgrimage
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