‘“Humanity’s abuse of nature requires a true conversion and invites us to change our lifestyles.”
Season of Creation began this year on Sunday 1 September. The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with God and Creation. The theme this year is “Hope and Act with Creation,” drawn from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans (8:19-25), which focuses on the hope of salvation that is born of faith, namely, the newness of life in Christ. The Pope’s message is in nine sections, which all highlight our responsibility to take care of our Common Home. It stresses that, as Christians called to live in faith and charity, caring for the environment is “a task to be undertaken freely, in obedience to Jesus’ commandment of love.”
Fr Ignatius Raj of the Society of St. Eugene De Mazenod, currently serving the parish of the Sacred heart in Bideford, has created a wonderful Care for Creation Song. It encourages everyone to care for God’s wonderful creation and be good stewards of our Common Home.
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