I've been asked to promote our upcoming study group on Laudato Si, the encyclical issued by Pope Francis ten years ago on care for our planetary home. Laudato Si is Latin for "praise be to you", the opening phrase of the Canticle of the Creatures attributed to St. Francis of Assisi and Pope Francis' document is then Praise Be To You: On Care for Our Common Home.
Here is the invitation I'll make during our morning worship service at Trenton United:
Laudato Si Announcement – Sunday March
16 2025
A couple of weeks ago we shared the good news
of what we had observed from the natural world during the month of February. It
was a lovely reminder that Creation is a world of often simple wonders that lift our hearts.
During the
next three Wednesday mornings we’ll keep our conversation going as we look at a
statement called Praise Be To You: On
Care for Our Common Home.
Pope Francis
issued this encyclical ten years ago based on a wonderful song of praise
attributed to Francis of Assisi, his namesake, call the Canticle of the Creatures
This is the tenth anniversary of the document and
it is still the best reflection on how we as Christians celebrate and care for
Creation. This is also the 800th
anniversary of the Canticle of the Creatures so the timing is ideal.
It doesn’t
matter if you are a newby to study
groups – you are welcome. I’ll do the heavy lifting in terms of preparation. This
is a time of great anxiety about climate change and we can feel helpless to
make a difference.
Yet we love
our children and grandchildren and we love this planet and we want them to have
a future– so let’s talk about this together!
Our February observations were inspired by a study done by Dr. Holli-Anne Passmore, a university psychology professor. I shared what we did in February and our service with her and she was so grateful she was moved to tears.
This
little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
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