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March 26, 2021
The universe unfolds in God, who fills it completely. Hence, there is a mystical meaning to be
found in a leaf, in a mountain trail, in a dewdrop, in a poor person’s face. The ideal is not only to pass from the exterior to the interior to discover the action of God in the soul, but also to discover God in all things. Saint Bonaventure teaches us that “contemplation deepens the more we feel the working of God’s grace within our hearts, and the better we learn to encounter God in creatures outside ourselves”. (Laudito Si, p. 223)
“We need a healthy capacity for silent reflection, places of refuge from the tyranny of the urgent. Most of all, we need prayer, to hear the prompts of the Spirit and cultivate dialogue in a community that can hold us and allow to dream. Thus armed, we can read right the signs of the times and opt for a way that does us all good.” (Dare to Dream, p. 51)
Questions for Reflection, Journaling and Sharing
- How do I experience God’s presence in our species? In other aspects of creation?
- Where and when do I find silent refuge from “the tyranny of the urgent”?
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Sexta Semana de Cuaresma ~ Domingo de Ramos
26 de marzo de 2021
El universo se despliega en Dios, quien lo llena por completo. Por lo tanto, hay un significado místico que se encuentra en una hoja, en un sendero hacia montaña, en una gota del rocío, en el rostro de un pobre. El ideal no es solo pasar del exterior al interior para descubrir la acción de Dios en el alma, sino también descubrir a Dios en todas las cosas. San Buenaventura nos enseña que “la contemplación se profundiza cuanto más sentimos la obra de la gracia de Dios dentro de nuestro corazones y mejor aprendemos a encontrarnos con Dios en las criaturas fuera de nosotros”. (Laudato Si, p.223)
“Necesitamos una sana capacidad para la reflexión silenciosa, lugares de refugio de la tiranía de lo urgente. Sobre todo, necesitamos la oración, para escuchar las indicaciones del Espíritu y el cultivar el diálogo en una comunidad que pueda sostenernos y nos permita soñar. Así armados, podemos leer bien los signos de los tiempos y optar por un camino que nos haga bien a todos ”. (Soñemos juntos, pág.51)
Preguntas para reflexión, llevar un diario y compartir
- ¿Cómo experimento la presencia de Dios en nuestra humanidad? ¿En otros aspectos de la creación?
- ¿Dónde y cuándo puedo encontrar refugio silencioso de “la tiranía de lo urgente”?
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Illustrations:
- File Number: D2fVSEMF. Milkweed and Butterfly, Chris Tomlin, ©2002, The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
- File Number: J3hRBAct11F. Sulphur Family Butterfly, Chris Tomlin, ©2002, The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
- File Name: L&R_E2hR-Crop. Common Blue Butterfly (Polyommatus Icarus) on Buddleia Flowers, Chris Tomlin, ©2011, The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN USA. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
It must be said that some committed and prayerful Christians, with the excuse of realism and pragmatism, tend to ridicule expressions of concern for the environment. Others are passive; they choose not to change their habits and thus become inconsistent. So what they all need is an “ecological conversion”, whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them. Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience. (Laudito Si, p. 217)
Once we start to think about the kind of world we are leaving to future generations, we look at things differently; we realize that the world is a gift which we have freely received and must share with others. Since the world has been given to us, we can no longer view reality in a purely utilitarian way, in which efficiency and productivity are entirely geared to our individual benefit. Intergenerational solidarity is not optional, but rather a basic question of justice, since the world we have received also belongs to those who will follow us. (Laudito Si, p. 159)
The notion of the common good also extends to future generations. The global economic crises have made painfully obvious the detrimental effects of disregarding our common destiny, which cannot exclude those who come after us. We can no longer speak of sustainable development apart from intergenerational solidarity
Sisters of Divine Providence 