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142. A Prayer For Our Earth, from Laudato Si’
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![Laudato Si' (English: Praise Be to You!) is the second encyclical of Pope Francis. The encyclical has the subtitle "on care for our common home".
1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured flowers and herbs”.[1]
This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. We have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will. The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air and in all forms of life. This is why the earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22). We have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the earth (cf. Gen 2:7); our very bodies are made up of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive life and refreshment from her waters.
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Laudato Si' - An Urgent Appeal for Action.
Produced by Catholic Earthcare Australia this short video features Catholic leaders offering unique Australian perspectives on Pope Francis’ new Encyclical Laudato Si', and is a call to action for the Catholic community, worldwide!
Jacqui Rémond, Director of Catholic Earthcare Australia, is urging communities, schools and parishes to watch this video together, to reflect on its message and then dialogue about what actions can be taken at an individual, family, community and national level to care for Planet Earth, our common home.
DOCUMENTARY TRAILER.
David Attenborough: “This is the last chance” to address climate change.
(BBC - The Andrew Marr Show.)
