Commemorating Laudato Si
Shortly before the fifth anniversary of the publication of Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home. Sister Joan Brown offered this embodied reflection for our Earth.
I heard someone speak recently about growth in compassion. Some reflections.
The more conscious and compassionate we become the more skillful and free we are to participate in energies moving around us and within us. These energies invite us into a participatory universe with unknown insights for transformation, justice, inclusion, and beauty.
We are part of the natural world and the universe. The Sacred energies of Love woven throughout our Universe, our homes, neighborhoods, state, nation, creatures, trees and every stone call us to compassion. The energies of Love are expressions of the Holy One of many names and no names. If we are conscious of this flow of energy, we open ourselves to strength we do not know, creativity we have not dreamed, and a way forward that we could not imagine.
*Let a walk take you in this beautiful springtime.
*Hold hands with your child, children or partner. If you are alone imagine that you are holding loved ones, four legged ones, people across the world.
*Your grasp is one of conscious compassion sharing the vast energies of Love that desire expression through you.
*Keep walking.
Peace and good,
Joan