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June 12, 2020Creating a “better world”, caring for creation is no small task. It is, though, what we are called to do each day, with each breath, each act.
Pope Francis tells us:
“What is involved in the creation of 'a better world'? The expression does not allude naively to abstract notions or unattainable ideals; rather, it aims at an authentic and integral development, at efforts to provide dignified living conditions for everyone, at finding just responses to the needs of individuals and families, and at ensuring that God’s gift of creation is respected, safeguarded and cultivated.”
In prayer we can dialogue with God, seeking the courage to be just, to care for all creation: the people, the creatures, the flora, the environment.
O Lord, open my eyes that I may see the needs of others;
Open my ears that I may hear their cries;
Open my heart so that they need not be without succor;
Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong,
Nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
Show me where love and hope and faith are needed,
And use me to bring them to those places.
And so open my eyes and my ears
That I may this coming day be able to do some work of peace for thee.
Alan Paton (Xavier University, Jesuit Resources)
