The significance of this movement extends well beyond the borders of the #USA. What happens stateside rarely stays there. The potential for a thoroughgoing realignment of US allegiances and influence is mirrored by domestic resurgences of parallel #reactionary movements in many nations, many of them also drawing upon #ReligiousNationalism.
The temptation to bunker down or merely look away is pervasive. No one can do everything, nor are we expected to. But this might be a moment to consider afresh how we can nurture a world that is more open, just and respectful of #OurCommonHome.
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"The Green Tree and the Wet Stones of the Well"
#Yeats on how #WIlliamMorris was trying to replace the dead tree (the cross?) of one sort of Christianity with a #FaithOfAbundance came to mind while looking at this FB meme.
"May our common home overflow with life one again".
#PopeFrancis #LaudatoSi #OurCommonHome #Abundance
#CareOfCreation #WorldDayOfPrayer #Prayer
> #Doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain. We may well be leaving to coming generations debris, desolation and filth. The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet’s capacity .. The effects of the present imbalance can only be reduced by our decisive action.. We need to reflect on our accountability...
https://snap.as/bsmall2/books/09E0ErcJ
#LaudatoSi #Encyclical #ラウダートシ #教皇フランシスコ #OurCommonHome #ともに暮す家
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