This is the place of our rest and delight
though Saint Jane Chantal said this as she entered religious life many say this when they are out in nature
The Season of Creation 2022 came to an end earlier this week on the Feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi. As we conclude this month long focus on the environment and our relationship to it we can continue to ask ourselves how we can do better to keep our planet healthy.
In Laudato Sí, Pope Francis’ encyclical about caring for our common home, Francis turns to Patriarch Bartholomew as he draws our attention to the “ethical and spiritual roots of environmental problems, which require that we look for solutions not only in technology but in a change of humanity; otherwise we would be dealing merely with symptoms.” The Patriarch, Francis continues, “asks us to replace consumption with sacrifice, greed with generosity, wastefulness with a spirit of sharing, an asceticism which ‘“entails learning to give, and not simply to give up. It is a way of loving, of moving gradually away from what I want to what God’s world needs. It is liberation from fear, greed and compulsion”’.[17]
Al mismo tiempo, Bartolomé llamó la atención sobre las raíces éticas y espirituales de los problemas ambientales, que nos invitan a encontrar soluciones no sólo en la técnica sino en un cambio del ser humano, porque de otro modo afrontaríamos sólo los síntomas. Nos propuso pasar del consumo al sacrificio, de la avidez a la generosidad, del desperdicio a la capacidad de compartir, en una ascesis que «significa aprender a dar, y no simplemente renunciar. Es un modo de amar, de pasar poco a poco de lo que yo quiero a lo que necesita el mundo de Dios. Es liberación del miedo, de la avidez, de la dependencia»[17].
Showcasing SHA talent: Luke in 6th grade is a Compassionate Care-Taker of Creation—he shows concern for a fellow creature.
God bless,
Mrs. Alhadef
Campus Minister
4th Grade Aide
Jr. High ELA Aide