United Nations creates World Water Day to address water crisis | National Catholic Reporter

United Nations creates World Water Day to address water crisis | National Catholic Reporter

We can all do without many things, but all earthlings need water to survive.  Fresh water is limited.  What can families do to protect fresh water?  Nations?

Pope Francis Urges that We Protect Environment

 

Pope Francis notes that power is for service.  This service is to be given to the poor.  We need to protect all creatures, the environment and ourselves.  http://youtu.be/BKg6q_N_Yhg

Faithful flock to St. Peter’s Square for inauguration of Pope Francis

Faithful flock to St. Peter’s Square for inauguration of Pope Francis

Trading in the bus for a butler: The new pope’s new lifestyle

Trading in the bus for a butler: The new pope’s new lifestyle

BLESSINGS ON POPE FRANCIS

Blessings on Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, who has a heart for the poor, leaves a light carbon footprint, so far,  and leads by example! May all people of good will join him in making a more just Earthcommunity.

He chose his new name after St. Francis of Assisi (12th c.), whom we recall,  was not only a humble reformer of the Church, but also, gives us a "kinship" model in relating respectfully to Creation and to its Creator.  All creatures are brothers and sisters, not just objects to be used as we please.  These gifts of God nourish us in many ways and help us to know God.  John Paul II proclaimed St. Francis as Patron Saint of Ecology. 

On our Journey in the 21st c. we are becoming more aware of how interdependent we are with the entire Earthcommunity.  Climate change or any degradation of Earth impacts the poor the most, and eventually all of us.  Charity and Just Environmental Policies work together for the common good, including basic rights and responsibilities.  Many hope that Pope Francis promotes these in his efforts to help all in the Earthcommunity to reach their potential, especially the poor and marginalized. 
 

Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson Share Wisdom

Do We Feel Gratitude, Respect and Affection for Land, for Earth?

   What are the possibilites and limitations of this particular land?
    How can we nurture and share the land?
    What must not be done to the land?
    What happens when people are deprived of land and the fruits of  land?
    Whom and what do we really value?
    Will we enhance Earth for present and future inhabitants or ignore conditions/policies that
    will  weaken Earth  resulting in a weaker Economy, boring underemployment and widespread
    Homelessness?
    Will we learn from Wendell Berry: teacher, writer and farmer who shares words of Wisdom
     showing affection for land, for Earth, for our Home?
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Do We Want to Help the Earth?

Have we asked the land how it flourished in the past and how it would like to flourish in the future for the common good?  Have we listened to the wisdom of the family farmer who respects the land and works with it? (Note: Wendell Berry).  Have we deeply listened to our bioregions, mountains, valleys, meadows, plains, deserts, forests, trees, grass, flowers, brooks, lakes, falls, oceans, animals, insects, etc.  What might the sun, moon, stars, rain, snow, wind and storms be telling us?