Below are some of the highlights of the Popes messages from his visit to Assisi, in honor of the patron saint of creation, St. Francis. 1. Respect Creation – human ecology: First is the Pope’s Homily in Assisi where the Pope remember’s Franci’s love for Creation. And in full continuity with his predecessors, he also […]
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Catechesis on Bees and Blessing Honey
There is a great post at The New Liturgical Movement on an Eastern Tradition of honey blessing. It speaks about the sacramentality of creation and the integration between the spiritual and natural in Christianity that comes about in the Incarnation. I have spoken about this before here and here. The pictures are beautiful: And here […]
Lent and Nature II: From Creation to the Cross
This year Pope Benedict XVI launched Lent with a homily for Ash Wednesday that offered several insights into the Catholic view of creation and the environment. His homily centered on the “ashes”, the central symbol for Ash Wednesday and an important one for the Lenten season. Following the trajectory of ashes from creation, through sin to […]