This reflection by Good Samaritan Sister Diana Law is in response to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’: On the care of our common home, which calls us to ecological conversion.
Marvel in the Moment
Teach us to see your face in every shimmering leaf
And every blade of grass.
Teach us to value every bird in the sky,
Unique in colour, shape and size.
Speak in our hearts of love and connectedness,
Of living in the womb of Yourself.
Whisper the Truths of meaning and wonder
As our hearts pulse in union with you.
Help us to hear You in the voice of the poor
And to see in your Face our own.
Give us your Words with your divine power
To advocate and supplicate for all.
Help us to live in the chaos of life
With gentleness, courage and care.
Lead us to the Truth of your Life in us,
Of our oneness in You and all.
As creation groans towards completion in You (Rom 8)
May your Energy empower us to care.
With the LIFE that you share, may our vision expand
‘til we see You in all and the Cosmos in You.
May we listen to Paul proclaiming out loud:
“All things in Christ” (Col 3:11), (Eph 4:6) and (Cor 1:15),
“Christ fills all things and in Christ, everything is connected” (Col 1:17),
“In Him, we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).
His words resound later in the Gospel of John:
“All things came into being through Him
“And without him there came to be
“Nothing that has come to be” (Jn 1:3).
Christ is the Alpha and Omega (Apoc 1:8),
The beginning, the end,
The Cosmic consummation,
And divinisation
Of you, me and all creation.
This reflection was originally published in the March 2024 edition of By The Way.