Creation is God’s tremendous gift to us, designed for our human flourishing. Yet, today, we see signs of destruction and pollution all about us. While many of us so far are protected from the worst of this damage by air conditioning and other modern comforts, hundreds of millions of our brothers and sisters are suffering from the impacts of environmental degradation.
Pope Francis issued a stark warning in his encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home.” The earth “cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her,” he writes (Laudato Si, 2). “The earth was here before us and has been given to us.” It is our duty to “protect the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations” (LS, 67).
God’s gift to Noah and his sons remains a gift for us today, proof of a Creator who delights in us and our world’s beauty and diversity.
Good morning L.F.F. I hope You All are doing well today. With God's Grace, Mercy and Favor. Please Lord help the people who need to gain Employment ASAP, especially in my own family. I would be ever so grateful. Thank you for All your Great Blessings that you have given us. The breath of Life, warm water, shelter, food, transportation, our health, both physical and mental. I love You Lord. Your servant, Janet
I pray for all of the unborn who are threatened by abortion today and every day. I also pray for all those who are victims of abuse. I pray that we will always remember to love and protect our environment. but not to elevate it above human beings who are made in the image and likeness of God.
AMEN!! Thank you Father for this world in which I am privileged to live.
if we follow Jesus’ two most important commandments, we will do likewise to the earth. However, when this becomes disordered, we become pagans.
Amen!
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Praying for immigrants, for workers in need of employment, and for the poor, hungry and sick across the world in need of food and medical aid.
Amen✝️
Here are God’s mandates in the first readings today!!! *** God told us to get married and have children to fill the earth in Genesis 9:1, “Then God blessed Noah and his sons. He said to them, “Have children so that there are many of you. Fill the earth!” *** God gives us food in all animals and plants in Genesis 9:3, “Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. I have already given you the green plants for food. Now I am giving you everything!” *** God has mandated capital punishment for murder in Genesis 9:6, “Anyone who murders a human being will be killed by a human being. That is because I have made human beings so that they are like Me!” ******* Here is the question, “Who do you say Jesus is?” *** People don’t know Jesus personally will say in Mark 8:28, “They replied, “Some say John the Baptist. Others say Elijah. Still others say one of the prophets!” *** Peter who knew Jesus personally said in Mark 8:29, “”But what about you?” He (Jesus) asked. “Who do you say I am?”Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.” *** Who do I say Jesus is? What can I take out or add to what God says in Scripture based on my understanding of the time I live in? ******* God gave the Israelites 10 commandments and the Pharisees turned them into 613 commandments?!?!?! John 6:63c, 68c, “Your Words, Lord, are Spirit and life; You have the Words of everlasting life!” Amen ✝️
We are careless of the earth and we are careless of the temple of the Holy Spirit :-(
Thank you for this reflection! There are little things each of us can do every day to help protect the gift of creation. May the Holy Spirit inspire us to think, pray, and act.
“Father, help me to see the natural world as a gift we must protect” Amen Thank you for this devotion. I remember as a child feeling a strong connection to God while in nature.
Amen✝️
Amen... we tend take the earth for granted.....praying for all those in need today
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Lord please hear our prayers and bring your light to all those in need. Come to the side of those experiencing violence in Haiti, the Middle East, Ukraine, Russia, Darfur, and the Sudan. Please hear the pleas of all those suffering around the world - and give them strength, courage and resilience to continue walking in faith. Send them your light. Father in Heaven, have mercy on us and on the whole world! You sent Your Son, the Prince of Peace, for the salvation of the world. We pray that the Peace of Christ will reign in Haiti, the Middle East, Ukraine, Russia, Darfur and Sudan. Please protect and send aid to those in need and all who are at-risk. We pray for peace and rebuilding– we who are working towards it and for all those who are suffering or in danger from conflicts. We pray for an end to violence and war – we pray for wisdom for all leaders who have a hand in this. Lord God please help those in most need of thy mercy. Amen.