laudato si
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Laudato si’Encyclical letter of Pope Francis
onCARE
FOR OUR COMMON HOME
© John Donaghy
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“Praise to you, my Lord”, Saint
Francis of Assisi used
to sing.
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The testimony of Saint Francis of Assisi and his Canticle of the Creatures inspired Pope
Francis in this encyclical on the care of creation,
our common home.
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Praised be you, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially Brother Sun, through whom you give us the day and illumine us. He is beautiful and radiant with great splendor; he bears a likeness of you, Most High.
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Praised be you, My Lord, for Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens you formed
them – clear, precious, and beautiful.
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Prasied be you, my Lord, for Brother Wind and the air, the clouds, the serene heavens, and for every type of weather; through all these
you sustain your creatures.
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Praised be you, my Lord,
for Sister Water, who is very humble, precious, and
chaste.
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Praised be you, my Lord, for Brother Fire, through whom you illumine the night;
he is beautiful, joyful, vigorous, and strong.
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As Pope Francis comments:“…our common home is also like a
sister, with whom we share existence.…
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… and like a beautiful mother who welcomes us in her arms.”
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Pope Francis offers us a mystical understanding of the universe.
“The universe unfolds in God, who fills it completely.
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“Hence, there is a mystical meaning to be found in a leaf,
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“in a mountain trail,
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“in a dew drop,
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“in a poor person’s face.”
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But, Pope Francis reminds us, creation, though a gift from God, has been marred by human sinfulness.
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“We have come to see ourselves as [creation’s] lords and masters, entitled to
plunder her at will.”
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“The violence
present in our hearts,
wounded by sin,
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…is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in
the air and in all living beings.”
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Pope Saint John Paul II “called for a
global ecological
conversion.”
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This conversion includes care for creation and the poor.
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And Pope Francis calls us to recognize that “the effects of [our] encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in [our] relationship
with the world around [us].”
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This is a conversion moving out of a “throw away culture”
to a “culture of encounter.”
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As Pope Francis wrote:
“A sense of deep communion
with the rest of nature cannot be
real if our hearts lack
tenderness, compassion and
concern for our fellow
human beings.”
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“[Saint Francis of Assisi]
was particularly concerned for God’s
creation and for the poor
and outcast.”
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“The poverty and austerity
of Saint Francis were
no mere veneer of
asceticism,…
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… but something much more
radical: a refusal to turn reality
into an object simply to be
used and controlled.”
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Pope Francis calls us to a new way of being, not merely new ways of acting.
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“If we approach nature and the environment without this openness to
awe and wonder,
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… if we no longer speak the language of fraternity and beauty in our relationship
with the world,
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…our attitudes will be those of masters, consumers, ruthless exploiters of
resources, unable to set limits on their immediate needs.”
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Pope Francis says: “I urgently appeal, then, for a new dialogue about how we are constructing the future of our planet. We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.”
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“We require a new
and universal
solidarity.”
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“Our insistence that each human being is an image of God should not make us overlook the fact that each creature has its own purpose.
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“No creature is superfluous.
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“The entire material universe speaks of God’s love,
his boundless affection for us.”
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“Soil, water,
mountains: everything is,
as it were, a caress of
God.”
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But, as the bishops of Southern Africa have stated: “Everyone’s talents and involvement are needed to redress the damage caused by human abuse of God’s creation.”
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“All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvements and
talents.”
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“The world is more than a problem to be solved…
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… the world is a joyful mystery to be contemplated with gladness and praise.”
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Texts taken from the encyclical Laudato Si’ of Pope Francis,
slightly revised based on the Spanish version.
Photos © John Donaghy, 2015